Reports

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 03 of 1998 Date: 16 January 1998 This report includes: A) East Africa I: Floods - Somalia and Kenya B) East Africa II: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania…

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…

An outbreak similar to that reported in north-eastern Kenya has been reported in Somalia in the flooded area delimited by the towns of Belet Weyne and Johar on the Shabelle River. Four of 13 blood samples from suspected cases…

REPATRIATION FROM KIGOMA, TANZANIA TO SOUTH KIVU IN THE DRC As you know, for some months now UNHCR has been assisting refugees in the Kigoma area in Tanzania who want to return to…

REG. NO. 98/0007 Period covered: 10 - 16 January 1998 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 OAU delegation - As it…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 03 of 1998 Date: 16 January 1998 This report includes: A) East Africa I: Floods - Somalia and Kenya B) East Africa II: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania…

New York, Jan. 16, 1998 -- A Lutheran World Relief grant of $20,000 is for flood victims in Somalia. Overflow of the Juba and Shabelle rivers has flooded villages in the surrounding areas, leaving people temporarily or permanently homeless.…

Ref: DHAGVA - 98/0139 UPDATES ON SOMALIA INTER-AGENCY COORDINATED FLOOD RESPONSE OVERALL SITUATION: 1. The most recent death toll reached 1,980, with approximately 1 million people still at risk. Light to heavy rains are continuing in parts of Somalia, as well as…

By Moyiga Nduru NAIROBI, Jan 16 (IPS) -- A United Nations representative has sounded an alarm bell over the cycle of violence in Rwanda, which seems to be slipping into a bloodbath similar to the 1994 one in which…