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NAIROBI - The World Food Programme this week distributed urgently-needed food supplies to thousands of Rwandans who have been pouring back into one of northwest Rwanda's most insecure communes. On Tuesday, WFP began distribution of 120 tons of food sent under…

The United Nations food agency said on Friday that this week it distributed urgently-needed food supplies to thousands of Rwandans who have been pouring back into one of northwest Rwanda's most insecure communes. The World Food Programme (WFP) said that on…

REG. NO. 98/0098 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION On 24 September, the Angolan Government lifted the suspension of the majority of UNITA members in GURN. Yet,…

54/98 - 2 October 1998 International Development Secretary Clare Short today announced the largest ever single grant for education from the Department for International Development. Speaking from Blackpool, Ms Short announced that the grant of £67 million to Uganda would…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC) La radio rapporte l'arrivee de deplaces La radio controlee par…

This report includes: A) Caribbean Hurricane Georges: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, St. Kitts and Nevis B) Bangladesh C) FR Yugoslavia and region: Kosovo crisis D) Afghanistan E) Central and East Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. From Manuel Aranda…

General Assembly Plenary - Extract from Press Release GA/9463 25th Meeting (AM) 2 October 1998 HAILE WELDENSAE, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Eritrea, said the end of the cold war had briefly raised the hopes of a more peaceful, safer,…

Head of CARE International warns of "a worsening of the current famine and the potential flight of tens of thousands into the bush" if Bahr El Ghazal cease-fire is not extended and expanded. NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct. 2, 1998 WHAT: The…

Sudan - Feeding centres have been established in Adet, Bahr el Ghazal province, south Sudan, in response to famine. - MERLIN has successfully completed its Sleeping Sickness programme in western Equatoria, south Sudan. We plan to extend the programme to…

Consolidated UN report prepared by the Information Section of the UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia from information and reports provided by specialised UN agencies, media sources, the Ethiopian Government and NGOs.HIGHLIGHTS The disputed border regions between Ethiopia…