Sudan
The United Nations World Food Programme today announced that displaced Sudanese arriving in Wau, who are too malnourished and weak to prepare food for themselves, will be given cooked meals every day through a special feeding programme launched this week. "Some…
Burundi
Summary Only. For entire document, see <http://www.usip.org/pubs/pworks/weissm22/weissm22.html> By: Stephen R. Weissman Contents Summary1. Introduction 2. Burundi: The Politics of Genocide 3. The United Nations and Humanitarian Military Intervention 4. Regional African Diplomacy for a Negotiated Political Settlement 5. "Second-Track"…
Sudan
Almost 1,000 children are currently under the care of the feeding centre being run by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Sudanese Red Crescent in the town of Wau, in one of the areas suffering…
Sudan
July 31 - 1998 WFP Air Operations Ilyshin-76 Airdrops ex-Nairobi - (Southern Sector) - Note: correction to Bulletin No. 16 of 30 July: two rotations, for a total delivery of 44 metric tons, were made from Nairobi to Langken (Jonglei), on…
Kenya + 1 more
Latest News - July 1998 Update The nutrition and health situation of the refugees in Tanzania had been considered stable, with low levels of wasting (generally 5%) and mortality. However, the last RNIS Report noted rising mortality rates, mostly attributed…
Sudan
Latest News - July 1998 Update In Southern Sudan, preliminary results from recent surveys show a catastrophic situation, particularly in Bahr el Ghazal, with mortality rates among the highest ever recorded. For example, an assessment carried out in Ajiep, one…
Sudan
New York, July 31, 1998 - A new $30,000 grant from Lutheran World Relief is helping famine stricken people in southern Sudan. War and drought has left hundreds of thousands displaced and now starving. According to a recent appeal…
Sudan
Background Sudan lies in north-east Africa, bordered by Egypt to the north; Eritrea, the Red Sea and Ethiopia to the east; the Central African Republic, Chad and Libya to the west; and by Kenya, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of…
Kenya + 3 more
Kenya On July 23, WFP received authorization from its headquarters in Rome for the extension of the December 1997 Emergency Operations Program (EMOP) in flood-affected pastoral areas in eastern Kenya. USAID has moved quickly to finalize its…
