Reports

Uncharacteristically heavy rainfall in Kenya, which began in October, continued through mid-January, resulting in renewed flooding, especially in eastern pastoral areas and around Lake Victoria. Roads in pastoral areas that opened briefly at the end of…

N A T I O N S U N I E S Bureau pour 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…

KIGALI, Rwanda (Reuters) - Burundi's Defense Minister Colonel Firmin Sinzoyiheba was killed Wednesday when the helicopter in which he was traveling crashed in poor weather, Defense Ministry officials said. They said Sinzoyiheba, an unnamed government official and two helicopter crewmen were…

LUSAKA, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia Wednesday strongly denied media reports that Angola's opposition UNITA is operating military bases in the country. Foreign Minister Kelly Walubita said Zambia was irrevocably committed peace in Angola and had assiduously worked for the full implementation…

Dateline ACT Great lakes Region (Africa) - No 1/98 The last months have seen a marked upsurge in violence in both Rwanda, Burundi and some eastern parts of Congo-DRC. In Rwanda this has been most notable in widespread killings in…

Nairobi, January 28, 1998 -- Heavy rains caused by El Niño have exacerbated outbreaks of Rift Valley fever, cholera and malaria in Kenya's northeastern, eastern, central, coastal and Rift Valley provinces, as well as in southern Somalia, according to…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour 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 341 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est (du mardi…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS An international commission has reported that new information opens "fresh lines of inquiry" in the investigation of arms sales to former Rwandan government forces. The Security Council set up the International Commission of Inquiry in September 1995 to collect…

NAIROBI : The World Food Programme warned today that unless donors provide new funding it will be forced to halt emergency airlifts and airdrops of food and other vital supplies to 1.1 million people cut off by floodwaters in…

SC/6471SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF ANGOLA OBSERVER MISSION, INCLUDING MILITARY TASK FORCE, UNTIL 30 APRIL Resolution 1149 (1998), Adopted Unanimously, Urges Complete Implementation of Lusaka Protocol According to Final Timetable The Security Council this afternoon decided to extend the…