Reports

Due to communications problems at WFP Headquarters in Rome, the Sudan Daily Bulletins of 3 and 4 September are being issued in a combined report on 5 September. Overview WFP preliminary deliveries to southern Sudan for the month of August amounted…

Press Release AFR/95 L/2898 Despite Defence Plea for Reduced Sentence, Tribunal Decides Gravity of Heinous Crimes Necessitates Life Term ARUSHA, 4 September (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) -- "Security Council resolution 955 of 8 November 1994 clearly indicates that the aim for the…

Arusha, 4 septembre 1998 (FH) - Le texte de l'accord passe entre l'ancien premier ministre rwandais Jean Kambanda et le parquet du Tribunal penal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) a ete rendu public vendredi apres-midi. L'accord comporte…

Arusha, 4 septembre 98 (FH) - L'ancien premier ministre rwandais Jean Kambanda, en poste lors du genocide rwandais en 1994, a ete condamne vendredi a la reclusion a perpetuite par le Tribunal penal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) pour…

A landmine has exploded under an IOM truck in northwest Rwanda killing a local government employee and injuring the IOM driver earlier this afternoon. The IOM vehicle was carrying food on behalf of the World Food Programme which was to…

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,…

Dateline ACT Sudan 7/98 Prompted by an alarming number of death and widespread malnutrition in the southern Sudanese town of Wau, ACT members have initiated feeding programmes for approximately 10,000 people. To support this ACT will issue an appeal for…

Angola intervenes in Congo crisis Angolan troops have been involved in heavy fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Soldiers from the Angolan army, FAA, joined forces with Zimbabwean and Namibian troops to fight rebels who were on the point…

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: South Africa shifts stance and hails military intervention In a shift of policy,…

REG. NO. 98/0090 Period covered: 27 August - 2 September 1998 The information contained in this report was provided by the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit in Luanda (UCAH) GENERAL SITUATION Time is out! UNITA was asked to leave all their positions previously…