Reports

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. 472 for Central and Eastern Africa (Saturday-Monday 1-3 August 1998) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:…

United Nations special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is to meet Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Monday to discuss the ailing peace process, a government official said. "The president will discuss subjects related to the peace process," the official told…

August 1-3 - 1998 WFP Air Operations Ilyushin-76 Airdrops ex-Nairobi - Airdrops/Airlifts ex-Lokichokio - (Southern Sector) - Two C-130 aircraft and three Buffalo aircraft ex-Lokichokio, and two Ilyushin 76 aircraft ex-Nairobi, delivered a total of 165 mt of food aid…

Sudan's government said on Monday it was expanding a ceasefire which it had agreed in July with rebels to allow aid to flow to parts of the war-stricken south. "The council of ministers decided yesterday to declare a comprehensive ceasefire…

Sudan is facing its worst humanitarian aid crisis in 10 years, according to a group of United Nations agencies and partner humanitarian relief organizations which collectively form "Operation Lifeline Sudan." In a position paper released on Monday, Operation Lifeline Sudan describes…

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) Rebellion dans l'est contre Kabila Une rebellion contre le President Laurent-Desire Kabila…

Special Reports and Alerts Food and Agriculture Organization: Global Information and Early Warning System on food and agriculture For entire report, go to FAO/GIEWS website at http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/giews/english/alertes/1998/Srtan986.htm HIGHLIGHTS 1. OVERVIEW 2. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN THE MACRO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT 3. FOOD CROP PRODUCTION 3.1 Unimodal…

This report includes: A) Sudan (additional information in Supplement) B) Angola C) Guinea Bissau D) East and Central Africa: Rwanda, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo E) Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: Kosovo. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service.…

1. What is the Current Humanitarian Situation? As the United Nations warned in the OLS Annual Needs Assessment of November 1997, Sudan is facing its most serious humanitarian crisis in ten years. The combined effects of drought and conflict have led…

Somalia Food security in southern Somalia and Somaliland is deteriorating rapidly due to a combination of factors, including failed rains, increasing civil insecurity, and the adverse economic impact of Saudi Arabia’s ban on livestock imports. The population…