Reports

KHARTOUM, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Sudanese army troops have regained control of the 135-km (85-mile) road between the southern towns of Juba and Torit, state radio said on Friday. "All pockets of attacking forces on the Juba-Torit road...have been purged…

To Feed 2.6 Million People Takes Skill in the Field, PR Ilene R. Prusher Special to The Christian Science Monitor AJIEP, SUDAN Charles INWANI, an aid worker from Kenya, barrels around a field in a mud-encrusted jeep, chasing off people…

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Anthony Lake left the Horn of Africa for Washington on Friday after two days of shuttle diplomacy aimed at ending a border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, government officials said. Lake --…

by Ghion Hagos, PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - United States envoy Anthony Lake left Addis Ababa Friday for Asmara, Eritrea, after holding talks Thursday with Ethiopian officials on fresh attempts by Washington for resolving the five-month old…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org [The weekly roundup is based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies,…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RWANDA: UN commission finds evidence of arms supplies to ex-FAR The UN International Commission of Enquiry investigating arms…

Ilene R. Prusher Special to The Christian Science Monitor LOKICHOKIO, KENYA In many disasters, someone profits. This is the town that famine fed. Just under a decade ago, this plain in rural northern Kenya was little more than a seasonal…

MAPEL, SUDAN When Achol Deng wakes each morning, she counts what she has left: three of five children, a painted shell necklace meant to ward off evil spirits, and a cup of maize that won't get her family through the…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on the Government of Angola and, in particular, on the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), to "fulfil their responsibilities before the international community and to take resolute steps to avert another…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0325 General 1. Flooding in most areas has receded as the levels of the Nile have dropped. However, large areas remain under stagnant surface water, such as in Gedaref and the River Nile, and the flood emergency…