Reports

30 April 1998, Nairobi -- A World Food Programme barge convoy departed from the southern Sudan port of Malakal earlier this week, beginning a six-week trip along the Nile river where it will drop-off urgently-needed food supplies to tens…

April 1998 Consolidated UN report prepared by the Information Section of the UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia from information and reports provided by specialised UN agencies, media sources, the Government and NGOs. HIGHLIGHTS UN Secretary General Kofi Annan…

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Sudan B) Indonesia C) Afghanistan D) Iraq E) East and Central Africa: Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo. From Manuel Aranda da Silva, Chief, Technical Support Service.…

Resolution 1164 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Endorses Deployment Of Additional Police Observers and Drawdown of Military Personnel The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) until 30 June, and…

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 : Bulletin quotidien no 406 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (du vendredi…

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 : Bulletin quotidien no 405 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (du jeudi…

Violence and inter-ethnic fighting continue to plague Burundi, perpetuating cycles of displacement and generalized instability. Since 1993, at least 150,000 Burundi have been killed; more than 260,000 are still refugees in neighboring countries; and between 550,000 and 700,000 are internally…

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. 406 for Central and Eastern Africa (Wednesday 29 April 1998) RWANDA: Kambanda "widely assumed" to…

UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Press and Public Affairs Unit Arusha International Conference Centre P.O. Box 6016, Arusha, Tanzania Tel: 255 57 4207-11/4367-72 or 1 212 963 2850 Fax: 255 57 4000/4373 or 1 212 963 2848 E-Mail: Public@UN.org ICTR/INFO-9-2-117 Arusha, 29…

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. 405 for Central and Eastern Africa (Tuesday 28 April 1998) SUDAN: "Sheer desperation" in Bahr…