Reports

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) East Africa: Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Sudan and Ethiopia B) Central Africa: Congo/Brazzaville and Democratic Republic of Congo C) Angola D) Afghanistan E)…

NAIROBI - The World Food Programme (WFP) appealed to the international donor community today to provide US$12.8 million in emergency food aid to the Acholi people of Northern Uganda, displaced by civil strife. The food will go to 257,600 internally displaced…

DATE=12/19/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-224345 TITLE=U-N / RWANDA REFUGEES (L-ONLY) BYLINE=LISA SCHLEIN DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: OFFICIALS FROM THE U-N REFUGEE AGENCY (U-N-H-C-R) ARE TRAVELING TO THE BYUMBA AREA IN NORTHEASTERN RWANDA TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE NEW SITES TO HOUSE SURVIVORS OF ATTACKS AT REFUGEE…

As waters begin to recede after nearly two months of flooding, the people of southern Somalia are set to face another potential disaster - a possible cholera epidemic. In towns and villages along the Juba river, flooding has caused…

A delivery of 3,500 tonnes of food for World Vision projects in Tonj county is set to commence from WV Sudan's new logistical base in Kiboko, Northern Uganda. The food will be transported overland by truck convoys over a…

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan government has given the rebel National Union for the Total Independence of Angola till Jan. 22, 1998 to complete all the unfinished tasks it undertook under the 1994 Lusaka Peace Agreement, the country's…

Contact: Kevin Doyle, 310-826-7800 Los Angeles - Medical workers for the Los Angeles-based organization International Medical Corps (IMC), operating in Burundi, report a significant increase in the occurrence of shigella dysentery in various regions of the war-torn country. Shigella dysentery is a highly…

Pivotal diamond deal nears deadline If implemented, a major new diamond deal to legalise a large part of the UNITA rebel movement's mining operations could prove to be a watershed in the Angolan peace process. The agreement reached between the…

Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer, ADRA/I Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370 Date: December 19, 1997 PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST by Jack Mahon Located in the horn of Africa, Somalia is one…

AI INDEX: AFR 47/44/97 The quote above -- from a testimony received from the Gisenyi region -- illustrates the despair of the civilian population trapped in Rwanda's northwestern regions. Unarmed men, women, young children and babies are being targeted…