Reports

KIGALI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Nine people were killed when Hutu rebels attacked a Rwandan tea factory near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, officials said on Friday. They said the rebels attacked Pfunde tea factory, about 10…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 08 of 1998 Date: 20 February 1998 This report includes: A) Afghanistan B) Iraq C) Sierra Leone D) East and Central Africa: Regional Transport Corridors, Rwanda, Burundi,…

AFRW81Total Appeal Target: $2,948,660 Appeal Target To Be Raised: $ 1,957,458 Geneva, 20 February 1998 Dear Colleagues, The violent and overwhelming civil conflict and war in Rwanda during the past 4 years is struggling to enter a ‘Post-Crisis - Life…

SPECIAL REPORT 1. OVERVIEW In view of the late onset and poor spatial distribution of rains reported during the 1997 Masika and long rains season, a serious reduction in domestic food supplies was anticipated for the current 1997/98…

11/98 More than four million Sudanese affected by civil war will be helped by a new aid package from Britain, channelled through the UN. The =A34 million pledge to the 1998 UN appeal will help more than four million Sudanese…

IHA/649 NEW YORK, 19 February (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- A deadly combination of intensified fighting and widespread drought is threatening to displace hundreds of thousands of Sudanese from their homes and put entire communities at risk of…

The President of the Security Council, Ambassador Denis Dangue Rewaka of Gabon, said that the Council reiterated the importance of adhering to the deadline of 28 February 1998 to complete the implementation of the peace plan for Angola. The Security…

SACB - Situation on the ground Week up to: 18 February, 1998 Number of people reported killed from end of October, 1997: confirmed deaths: 2,291 Number of people remaining at risk: approximately 1 Million Livestock reported killed so far: more than 34,000 Food stocks…

SITUATION Extensive flooding since November last year has brought extensive damage and loss of life to many parts of eastern Africa. Heavy, sudden downpours and poor drainage are often the cause of severe inundations but sometimes flooding is not directly…

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@dha.unon.org IRIN Update No. 357 for Central and Eastern Africa (Wednesday 18 February 1998) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:…