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Mawum Mayor, an 11-year old boy, lay motionless under a dirty blanket not far from where a pot was boiling over a wood fire. Inside the pot was a dirty piece of cowhide, which young Mawum's mother was desperately…

Cease-fire talks slated for October 5 A senior EU aid official has said the main warring parties in Sudan's civil war had agreed to meet to discuss extending a cease-fire they agreed earlier in the year to allow food deliveries to…

REG. NO. 98/0097 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION The "Renovation Committee" of UNIT gained over 1,000 new supporters according to the Angolan press, published on 22 September.…

The prosecution in the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has asked the tribunal to impose a maximum sentence of life imprisonment on Jean Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of the Taba Commune convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity. During…

Catherine Bertini, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, expressed concern today about the resurgence of fighting in the Juba area of southern Sudan. Armed conflict between Government of Sudan forces and SPLA rebels that erupted mid-month around the…

25-29 September 1998 Floods Heavy rains continue in many regions. Food distributions were interrupted by rains across Bahr El Ghazal region. Despite the recent floods in the Jonglei Region, the food distribution was completed in Paluer (Bor County) to 20,500 beneficiaries.…

KHARTOUM (Sept. 28) XINHUA - More volunteers from universities, and more tanks have been sent to Sudan's southern province of Equatoria to take part in the "final battle" against rebels. Kamal Hassan, spokesman of the National Service in charge of enlistment,…

Extract from UN/DPI Daily Highlights - 29/09/98 United Nations humanitarian agencies have expressed concern about renewed fighting in southern Sudan and called for the extension of the ceasefire. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)…

Tuesday, 29 September 1998: UNICEF today released a statement by UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy on the urgent need to extend and broaden the cease-fire in Sudan: The three-month ceasefire between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation…

Sudan Famine Update September 29, 1998 - Rains and cold weather in August have exacerbated the poor health condition of many of the estimated 68,500 Sudanese people at risk of illness and death from starvation. Almost 1,500 people died in…