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This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations. 2. BURUNDI/RWANDA Fighting over the weekend near the Burundi capital has set off more…

N A T I O N S U N I E S Departement 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 335 d'information sur…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Department 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. 335 for Central…

BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN INTRO: THE FLOODING ACROSS KENYA HAS INCREASED, WITH AT LEAST 89 DEATHS REPORTED SO FAR, THOUSANDS OF HOMES INUNDATED BY WATER, AND MAJOR ROADS WASHED OUT. BUT AS THE FLOODING GETS WORSE, BOTH AID AGENCIES AND…

MAPUTO, Mozambique (PANA) - Heavy rains in the northernmost Mozambican Province of Niassa have cut off the provincial capital, Lichinga, from the District of Majune, Radio Mozambique reported Sunday. It cited unnamed district government officials as saying that the rains damaged…

Ferdinand Bigumandondera, PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Heavy artillery and automatic weapons fire intensified Saturday near two districts just north of Bujumbura, as the Tutsi-dominated army tried to dislodge anti-government Hutu rebels trying to seize the capital from their…

DATE=1/18/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-225446 TITLE=KENYA FLOODS (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FLOODING IN KENYA IS WASHING AWAY BRIDGES AND SENDING HOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO HIGH GROUND. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, MORE THAN 90 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED. TEXT: A FAMILY OF FIVE…

THE UNCT MONITOR. 9 - 16 January 1998. HUMANITARIAN UPDATE. Update on Floods in Somalia. The second phase of the flood emergency 'continued relief and rehabilitation' continues under the overall coordination of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator with WFP being in charge…

January 16, 1998 NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's president, Daniel arap Moi, has announced a massive emergency food distribution exercise to all areas affected by the current flooding as the effect of the El Nino weather phenomenon continued to be…