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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. 349…

Nairobi, February 6, 1998 -- Faced with the continuing destruction caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, the World Food Programme said today that it is struggling to find alternative rail and road routes to deliver vital food aid…

N A T I O N S U N I E S 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@dha.unon.org IRIN-CEA: Bulletin hebdomadaire…

DATE=2/5/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-226376 TITLE=AFRICA / REFUGEES (L ONLY) BYLINE=LISA SCHLEIN DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT VOICED AT: INTRO: THE HEAD OF THE U-N'S REFUGEE AGENCY, SADAKO OGATA, IS BEGINNING A THREE-WEEK TOUR OF AFRICA FOR TALKS WITH LEADERS OF NINE AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE ORGANIZATION…

In a letter to members of the U.N. Security Council yesterday, Human Rights Watch called for reactivating a commission to investigate arms flows to Rwanda, and extending the commission's mandate to include Burundi. The International Commission of Inquiry into arms trafficking…

MERLIN NEWS RELEASE: 5 February 1998 Southern Sudan: British medical team joins attack on Sleeping Sickness epidemic. A British medical team will arrive in southern Sudan today to fight an epidemic of the deadly disease, Sleeping Sickness. Southern Sudan, an area torn…

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…

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 [The weekly roundup is…

By Manoah Esipisu NAIROBI, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Kenyan AgricultureMinister Musalia Mudavadi said on Thursday thecountry will have to make sacrifices and possibly paymore taxes because of crop damage caused by threemonths of unseasonable rain. Mudavadi told Reuters Television in an interviewthat…

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. 348 for Central and Eastern Africa (Thursday 5 February 1998) BURUNDI: Food prices more than…