Reports

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…

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (Unita) is expected to send a high-powered delegation to Luanda Friday to prepare the long-awaited meeting between President Jose Edouardo Dos Santos and the former rebel movement'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. 331 for Central and Eastern Africa (Tuesday 13 January 1998) RWANDA: France denies authorising arms exports during genocide France…

S/1998/17 I. INTRODUCTION 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1135 (1997) of 29 October 1997, in which the Council, inter alia, requested me to present recommendations on the United Nations…

BUJUMBURA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - At least 51 people were killed outside the Burundi capital in a gunbattle between the Tutsi-dominated army and Hutu rebels, a defence ministry spokesman said on Monday. Witnesses of Sunday's battle and army sources…

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. 330 for Central and Eastern Africa (Saturday-Monday 10-12 January 1998) BURUNDI: Government says rebels creating confusion The Burundi government…

UNDP FLASH! UNDP in Somalia has launched a US$1.2 million pilot initiative that will set the stage for an extensive three-year civil protection programme, which focuses on demining, the reintegration of ex-militia and strengthening law enforcement. The chief goal of…

The heavy rains in Ethiopia have caused the worst flooding in Somalia since 1961, when the Jubba and Shabelle rivers merged; this seems to have happened again this year. Already over 1 800 people have died as a result…

ASMARA, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The Eritrean government said on Tuesday it had received intelligence reports that Ethiopia was planning to launch fresh attacks in their border dispute, and called for a ban on all hostilities. The Foreign Ministry said…

NAIROBI, Kenya, (PANA) - Concern is growing in several parts of Kenya over the devastating landslides occasioned by heavy rains which have resurged after a two-week lull, cutting off major road links in eastern, coast and central provinces and…