Sudan
Nairobi, 9 September, 1998 -- Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) and the Sudanese Relief and Rehabilitation Association (SRRA) today announced they are taking new measures to help ensure relief food is reaching the neediest people in famine-stricken Bahr el Ghazal region.…
Sudan
GENEVA (Sept. 9) XINHUA - The Sudanese government has declared a state of emergency and appeal to the international community for emergency assistance amounting to 20 million U.S. dollars, said the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
Sudan
By Adrian Blomfield MAPEL, southern Sudan, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The rains have finally arrived in Bahr el Ghazal, the area of south Sudan worst affected by famine, transforming the region from an unforgiving dustbowl into what looks like an…
Burundi + 3 more
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: Loyalists retake Kalemie Government forces are reported to have retaken the town of Kalemie…
Sudan
Overview An evaluation mission from WFP Headquarters in Rome visited Ajiep (Bahr El Ghazal) and Akon (Jonglei) this week. The mission is due back in Rome at the end of the week. The WFP Food Economy Analysis Unit (FEAU) manager is…
Angola
Angola has suffered from a series of wars, beginning with the war of independence from 1963 to 1974 followed by the post independence war of 1974 to 1991 and then again by the war from 1992…
Eritrea + 1 more
Communiqué de Presse - IHA/663 Un rapport de l'ONU fait le point sur la réponse aux besoins des personnes déplacées par la guerre en Ethiopie New-York/Genève, le 8 septembre 1998 (Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires) - Les Nations Unies…
Eritrea + 1 more
Press Release - IHA/663 Issues Report on War-Displaced in Ethiopia GENEVA, 7 September (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations today appealed for $8.9 million to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of some 275,000 people in Eritrea affected by the conflict…
Rwanda
Arusha, 8 septembre 98 (FH) - L'ancien prefet Clement Kayishema, accuse de genocide et de crimes contre l'humanite, a affirme mardi, devant le Tribunal penal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR), que le gouvernement n'a pas voulu proteger des enfants…
Sudan
Highlights The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Sudan, Ambassador Tom Vraalsen, visited WFP Headquarters on 8 September. The Ambassador met with the WFP Executive Director, Ms. Catherine Bertini, as well as members of the WFP Executive Staff and…
