Reports

This Week at Doctors Without Borders Week of 8/13/98 Famine Spreads in Southern Sudan: Every day, 120 people are dying out of a population of 17,500 in and around the town of Ajiep in the Bahr el Ghazal province of…

Rebellion in the DRC, UN and NGO staff evacuated from Uvira On Sunday 2 August 1998 clashes between Banyamulenge and Congolese elements of the DRC army broke out near two military camps in the capital Kinshasha. The fighting quickly spread to…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) KENYA/TANZANIA - U.S. Embassy Bombing Information Bulletin #8, Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 -13 August 1998 (1300 hours EDT) Background: On August 7, 1998, in an apparent…

PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nairobi, I3 August, 1998 In one of the biggest health campaigns in the recent history of Somalia, about 900,000 children under five years of age in central and southern Somalia are to be vaccinated against polio…

Humanitarian Update. Somaliland lifts Persona Non-Grata-Status for UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator. Somaliland's President, Mr. Mohamed Ibrahim Egal, has lifted the ban on UNDP Resident Representative and UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Dominik Langenbacher, whom he had declared…

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) Une radio de la haine apparait Alors que la rebellion congolaise…

Emergency Food Assistance to War and Drought - Affected Populations in the Sudan is more than seventy percent resourced, with total contributions amounting to over US$ 128 million. Shortfall for the operation stands at US$ 26.3…

The ICRC this week increased its presence in the town of Wau, in southern Sudan, from two to six expatriates. In addition to supporting the Sudanese Red Crescent feeding centre for malnourished children that has been operating for about…

Following the recent clashes in Bula, in Lunda Norte province, the ICRC has been providing medical assistance for the victims of the fighting. The delegation has been working with the Angola Red Cross and the International Federation of Red…

Le proces de l'ancien chef milicien, Georges Rutaganda, accuse de genocide et de crimes contre l'humanite, a ete reporte sine die, a-t-on appris mardi au Tribunal penal international pour le Rwanda(TPIR). Georges Rutaganda devait presenter le premier temoin pour…