Reports

MANAMA, July 12 (Reuters) - Sudan's Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail on Sunday called on Arab states and international relief agencies to step up efforts to end starvation in the drought-stricken southern Sudan. "Sudan has unconditionally opened the region to international…

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Context The humanitarian suffering which has plagued Burundi for several years did not diminish significantly in 1998. More than half a million people continue to live…

January - December 1999 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Context The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently undergoing dramatic political and military developments which create an extremely complex humanitarian situation. Tensions of ethnic and military character that persisted…

January - December 1999 OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA) FOREWORD As 1999 approaches, nearly four years after the departure of the last UNOSOM II peacekeeping troops from Mogadishu, Somalia presents two very different faces. In the…

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 IRIN-CEA : Bulletin quotidien no 456 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (vendredi 10…

Clarification on Operation Lifeline Sudan - OLS -terminology - Traditionally OLS operations are divided into a northern and a southern sector. With the opening up of new supply lines by air, and more cross sector operations, it is useful…

This report includes: A) Guinea-Bissau B) Sudan C) East and Central Africa: Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo D) Indonesia E) Afghanistan F) Resourcing update. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service. Available on the Internet on the WFP…

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. 456 for Central and Eastern Africa (Friday 10 July 1998) SUDAN-UGANDA: WFP condemns killing of…

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 [The weekly roundup is based on IRIN daily updates and other relevant information from UN agencies,…

After only a month's operation, World Vision's emergency feeding centre at Thiet is caring for over 1,100 malnourished children and breast feeding mothers. The number of patients roughly equals those in the World Vision centre in Panacier, Gogrial County. That…