Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: Unrelenting rains have pounded Kenya's Coastal, Eastern, and North Eastern provinces since mid-October, causing the most severe flooding in the country in more than…

World Vision is helping to fight a cholera outbreak which has so far killed an estimated 30-45 people in two of the worst slums in Nairobi located in the Mathare and Korogocho areas. Working with other relief agencies, World…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'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…

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 (Friday 19 December 1997) UGANDA: Army pursues rebels in DRC Ugandan troops have again entered the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in…

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)…

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)…

KAMPALA, Uganda (PANA) - A combined force of Ugandan and Congolese troops overran a rebel base in eastern Congo, capturing an undisclosed amount of ammunition, Uganda's state-owned newspaper, The New Vision, reported Friday. It said some of the ammunition consisted of…

DHAGVA - 98/0002 Period covered: 13-19 December 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 Amnesty International reports on death sentences. According…

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH / AFRICA FéDéRATION INTERNATIONALE DES LIGUES DES DROITS DE L'HOMME For Further Information, Contact: Alison Des Forges (518) 382-5540 (h) (New York) Peter Takirambudde (212) 972-8400 (o) (New York) (609) 716-4777 (h) (New Jersey) Janet Fleischman…

Number of people newly reported to have died : 2 (total confirmed: 1,830) Number of displaced people: total so far at least 230,000 People remaining at risk: approximately 1 Million Livestock reported killed so far : at least 33,014 Food…