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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,…

AI INDEX: AFR 47/14/98 The public execution of 22 people in Rwanda this morning must be condemned universally and any further executions prevented, Amnesty International declared today. "This macabre spectacle has further reduced chances of peace and reconciliation in Rwanda. Instead…

Background There are severe food security problems in the entire region of South Sudan, with Bahr el Ghazal, Western Upper Nile and parts of Eastern Equatoria being particularly affected. The situation is a result of a gradual deterioration in food…

Press Release 98/17 Geneva - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies confirm the release of the ten Red Cross/Red Crescent personnel abducted in Mogadishu a week ago. The…

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 IRIN-CEA: Bulletin hebdomadaire no 17-98 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (du vendredi…

Press Release SG/SM/6538 AFR/53 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General was greatly relieved to hear of the safe release this morning of the 10 Red Cross/Red Crescent workers taken hostage in Somalia a…

I was deeply disturbed, and even shocked, to learn that the Government of Rwanda intends to execute, by firing squad and in public, more than 20 persons found guilty of participation in the 1994 genocide. While condemning the genocide…

ICRC NEWS 16 The ICRC and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies remain extremely concerned that the ten people abducted a week ago on landing at Isley airstrip in Mogadishu North have still not been released. 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 : Bulletin quotidien no 401 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (du mercredi…

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. 402 for Central and Eastern Africa (Thursday 23 April 1998) BURUNDI: Total of 76…