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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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Government says African support growing DRC Information Minister Didier Mumengi told the Associated…

The NPA (Norwegian People's Aid) run Hospital in Yei - Eastern equatoria - was again hit by bombs from a Government of Sudan airplane (most probably an antonov) at 1:00 a.m. on September 28th 1998. The Recovery Ward of…

ARUSHA, Tanzania, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A Rwandan former mayor convicted by a U.N. tribunal of genocide dismissed his lawyers and argued his own case on Monday for a light sentence. Jean Paul Akayesu, found guilty this month of nine…

REG. NO. 98/0095 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION The leaders of the renewed UNITA, Mr. Valentim, Mr. Manuvakola and Mr. Chilingutila espectively, held public congregations in several…

Arusha, 28 septembre 98 (FH) - Le prononce de la sentence pour l'ancien maire de Taba (prefecture de Gitarama, centre du Rwanda), Jean-Paul Akayesu, a ete fixee au 2 octobre prochain, lundi, par le Tribunal penal…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - 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) Le Ministre congolais de l'information, Didier Mumengi, a fait savoir samedi…

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia HORN OF AFRICA: The Monthly Review (This update covers the period July - August 1998) REGIONAL ISSUES Update on the Ethiopian-Eritrean Conflict. Initial hopes that endorsement of the US/Rwandan peace plan by the OAU and…

General President Buyoya pleads for lifting of embargo at UN On September 21, President Buyoya appealed before the UN General Assembly in NY for the lifting of the embargo that was imposed on Burundi in July 1996. He stated that the…

KHARTOUM (Sept. 26) XINHUA - A Sudanese military leader denied the rebels' claim that they had recently sieged southern Sudan's biggest city of Juba, the Sudanese News Agency reported Saturday. Fightings between government forces and Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), which…

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) Des milliers de personnes fuient les combats dans le Sud…