Reports

14-17 August 1998 Logistics Highlights Clearance received for two additional Buffalo Aircraft - (Southern Sector) - The Government of Sudan has released clearance for the operation of two additional Buffalo aircraft from Lokichokio. These will provide much-needed airlift capacity for food commodities…

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday said that efforts to increase food assistance to the victims of famine in southern Sudan were being frustrated by the government. Patrick McCormick, the Spokesman for the Geneva-based agency said that the…

The joint trial of two Rwandans charged with genocide resumed on Tuesday with a defence witness telling the court that one of the suspects never indulged in politics. Clement Kayishema, a former Prefect of Kibuye, and Obed Ruzindana, a former…

Riki could not believe his eyes. Though he is one of the most experienced pilots flying for the ICRC, with about 30,000 hours under his belt, he had never seen anything like this. Just three weeks earlier he had…

Angola has yet to show its hand in the conflict in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, but analysts say any intervention by the country could be decisive. None of Congo President Laurent Kabila's neighbours has taken a public…

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: Confusion over Kabila's whereabouts [For further detailed information on DRC, refer to today's separate…

The small town of Tonj in the Bahr el Ghazal region of southern Sudan normally has a population of about 600. These days the number varies between 8,000 and 12,000. The ICRC is running three kitchens in Tonj for displaced…

The Security Council this morning decided to extend the deadline for nominations of judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until 14 September 1998. The Council took the action by adopting a draft letter (document S/1998/761) from its President,…

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) [Pour plus d'informations sur la RDC, lire le bulletin special d'IRIN…

Le Tribunal penal international pour le Rwanda (TPIR) a renforce ses mesures de securite a la suite du double attentat anti-americain du 7 aout dernier a Nairobi et Dar-es-Salaam. Un porte-parole de l'administration du Tribunal, Kingsley Moghalu, a notamment declare…