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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 NGOsHIGHLIGHTS With weather patterns over the Horn of…

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@dha.unon.org IRIN: Bulletin quotidien no…

NAIROBI -- The UN World Food Programme appealed today for US$17 million to maintain deliveries of food and other vital supplies to more than one million flood victims in Kenya and Somalia. The appeal to the international donor community followed…

PR 98/6 Rome, February 10 -- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today that the combined effects of flooding and livestock diseases have killed tens of thousands of animals in northeastern Kenya and southern Somalia, appealing for…

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@dha.unon.org IRIN Update No. 351…

Thousands of lives are at stake A great human tragedy is looming in the Southern Sudanese province of Bahr el Ghazal, due to the ban of relief flights by the government of Sudan. "Innocent women and children will starve as a…

REG. NO. 98/0014 Period covered: 3-9 February 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 Third tripartite meeting convened On February 4, the…

by Joost R. Hiltermann The approach the United Nations has taken to severe humanitarian crises has, especially in Africa, been short-sighted, half-hearted and, if I may throw in another bodily function, weak-kneed. In the hour of greatest need, in April…

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@dha.unon.org Bulletin quotidien no 350…

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@dha.unon.org (Saturday-Monday 7-9 February 1998) RWANDA:…