Reports

While Angola's involvement in the conflict in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo may have shifted the spotlight from troubles within, the number and needs of internally displaced Angolans continue to grow. A new spate of fighting between government troops and the…

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) Combats autour de Kinshasa Alors que des combats se sont fait…

NAIROBI, 26 August 1998 (IRIN) - The Angolan peace process is again in trouble with the government accusing UNITA of renouncing the Lusaka peace agreement after the former rebel movement said it would cease cooperation with a troika of…

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 IRIN Update No. 488 for Central and Eastern Africa (Wednesday 26 August 1998) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:…

HighlightsCumulative Deliveries for August - (Northern and Southern Sectors) - A total of 11,214 mt of food has been delivered to southern Sudan locations over the period 1-25 August; target deliveries for the month of August…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF MISSION REPORT The poor harvest due to drought in 1997 and hostilities of civil war early in 1998 have made the population in Bahr-el-Ghazal vulnerable in terms of food security and health. The Government…

UNHCR and other humanitarian organizations evacuate staff from Uvira and Bukavu as war breaks out in eastern Congo, with UNHCR staff later forced to relocate also from Aru, Mbandaka and Lubumbashi. Fighting in the DRC forces the suspension of programs…

The United Nations Security Council has taken NO decision on a Sudanese request for a UN investigation to verify that a factory destroyed by US missiles produced chemical arms. The lack of reaction came as the US delegation expressed…

World Vision will boost food relief efforts in Sudan next year following predictions of a poor harvest and more famine in 1999. World Vision agronomist Henry Muganga said of the five payams in Tonj county, in the troubled Bahr el…

HighlightsOverall Deliveries for August - (Northern and Southern Sectors) - A total of 10,648.5 mt of food has been delivered to southern Sudan over the period 1-24 August. Deliveries ex Lokichokio, Nairobi, and Koboko - (Southern Sector)…