Reports

PR 98/3 Rome, January 15 -- A serious outbreak of Rift Valley Fever in parts of northeastern Kenya and adjacent areas of Somalia constitutes an international emergency, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today. The mosquito-borne disease is reported to have…

BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS INTRO: HEAVY RAINS ARE CONTINUING TO POUND NORTHERN KENYA, DRIVING FARMERS OFF THEIR LAND AND FORCING SOMALI REFUGEES ON TO HIGHER GROUND. AS VOA'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS FROM NAIROBI, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SAY THE GOVERNMENT IS…

NATIONS UNIES 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 [Le bulletin quotidien est base sur des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de donateurs…

BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS INTRO: BURUNDI'S ARMY SAYS IT HAS KILLED MORE THAN 70 REBELS DURING THE PAST FIVE DAYS. AS V-O-A'S EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, IT MARKS THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING AROUND THE BURUNDIAN CAPITAL IN MONTHS. TEXT: BURUNDI'S…

UNITED NATIONS 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. 332 for Central and Eastern Africa (Wednesday 14 January 1998) ANGOLA: Timetable agreed for accomplishment of peace agreement UNITA…

NATIONS UNIES 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 [Le bulletin quotidien est base sur des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de donateurs…

President Dos Santos and Dr. Savimbi to Meet in Luanda in February Washington, D.C., January 13, 1998: The Government of Angola and UNITA have agreed to complete all outstanding issues contained in the Lusaka Protocol peace accord by the end of…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, is gravely concerned about the roundup of an estimated 1,500 Sudanese citizens in Addis Ababa late last week. Spokeswoman Pam O'Toole told reporters in Geneva on Monday that in many…

Rains continue to beat down on eastern Kenya's refugee camps at Dadaab, which have been cut off due to flooding since mid-November. Rising waters late last week forced UNHCR to relocate more than 3,500 refugees [676 families] from low-lying sections of…

Weekly Report / 7 - 13.1.98 Number of people reported killed to date: confirmed deaths: 1,980 Number of people remaining at risk: approximately 1 Million Livestock reported killed so far: more than 33,500 Food stocks destroyed: more than 60,000 hectares of crops and farmland…