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General National Assembly approves transitional constitution. On June 4, the Burundian National Assembly marked the closing of its current session by approving a transitional document merging the 1993 constitution and the statutory law that was decreed after the coup that brought…

N A T I O N S U N I E S 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 RWANDA : Huit autres…

OCHAGVA 98/0056 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Burundi, UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs. GENERAL National Assembly approves transitional constitution. On June 4, the Burundian National Assembly…

General Situation The security situation in Mogadishu and its suburbs has been relatively calm. The main sea and air ports remain closed despite on-going talks on the reopening of the two facilities. On the political front, leaders in Mogadishu continued talks…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S 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 RWANDA: Eight more…

Nairobi, 8 June, 1998 - The international medical organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), reported a six-fold rise over the last twelve weeks of numbers of children in six supplementary feeding centres in Bahr el Ghazal. MSF warned that the…

HUMANITARIAN UPDATE UNHCR Staff Member Working in Hargeisa Released from Detention in Khartoum Mr. Ahmed Ishak Yacoub, a UNHCR staff member based in Hargeisa, was released from prison in Khartoum on 31 May after having been detained by State Security on…

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 431 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (vendredi 5…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'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) : Renvoi de six ministres lors du remaniement ministeriel M. Kabila a…

5 June 1998 This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. Ethiopian Repatriation Today UNHCR completes its program of organized voluntary repatriation of Ethiopian refugees from Sudan, with a final…