Reports

Ethiopia Compilation of production figures for Ethiopia's belg (secondary) harvest is not yet complete, but field assessments show a mixed picture. As a result of poor rainfall, production is a near total failure in Tigray Region and is poor in…

KAMPALA, July 30 (Reuters) - A woman working for an American aid agency was stabbed to death in her hotel room in the Ugandan capital Kampala in an apparent robbery, local police said on Thursday. Cecilia Gotez, 35, who worked…

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.non.org BURUNDI: Peace talks end in Arusha, next meeting in October The second round of peace talks in…

An international food delivery program to bring aid to victims of war, drought and famine in Sudan will be the largest in history, exceeding the Berlin Airlift, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs…

UNITA relaunches war UNITA forces on 28 July attacked and captured the strategic town of Mussende in central Angola. The town had only recently been handed over by the rebels to government control. The retaking of Mussende, Kwanza Sul province,…

"They told me they'd kill me if I didn't agree [to the accusation]. I believed them. I agreed to everything, but it wasn't true". This is just one of the testimonies gathered by Amnesty International delegates from torture victims…

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 BURUNDI Fin des pourparlers de paix a Arusha, prochaine rencontre en octobre La deuxieme serie des pourparlers…

JOHANNESBURG, 30 July 1998 (IRIN) UNITA's illicit diamond sales are drying up, denying the Angolan opposition movement a vital source of revenue, Reuters has quoted analysts as saying. They claimed UNITA will find it hard to dispose of its diamonds because…

July 30 - 1998 Resourcing Update WFP has received confirmation from the EU - DGVIII of a generous donation of US$ 36,419,169 for WFP Sudan Emergency Operation (EMOP 5826.01), "Emergency Food Assistance to War and Drought-Affected Populations". Total food tonnage of the…