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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. 308 for Central and Eastern Africa (Saturday-Monday 6-8 December 1997) RWANDA: Robinson criticises government's human rights record The UN…

Kampala - The Anglican Archbishop of Uganda, Livingstone Nkoyooyo, said the churches and Christian organizations should strive harder to address the calamities in the Great Lakes region. Nkoyooyo was opening a five-day East African sub regional meeting on the Great…

By KIPKOECH TANUI and NOOR ALI. The flood situation in northern Kenya continued to worsen yesterday, with displacement of over 40 families in Isiolo Town. In a response to the Government's appeal for international support in aiding the flood victims,…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - As the floods situation in northern Kenya continue to worsen, President Daniel Arap Moi Monday ordered the immediate supply of sufficient stocks of food and medicine to the area residents. The president, in a statement, instructed the…

DATE=12/8/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223837 TITLE=U-N/SUDAN RIGHTS (L-ONLY) BYLINE=LISA SCHLEIN DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR HAS ACCUSED SUDANESE SOLDIERS OF BRUTALIZING A GROUP OF 50 WOMEN WHO WERE HOLDING A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IN THE CAPITAL KHARTOUM LAST WEEK. LISA SCHLEIN…

DATE=12/8/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223824 TITLE=BURUNDI POL (L ONLY) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: BURUNDI'S GOVERNMENT HAS SUSPENDED THE COUNTRY'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY AFTER IT RE-ELECTED EXILED PARTY CHIEF JEAN MINANI TO ITS TOP POST. AS SONYA LAURENCE GREEN REPORTS, THE TUTSI GOVERNMENT…

Office of the Regional Humanitarian Advisor for the Great Lakes, DHA Nairobi POPULATION MOVEMENTS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION (DISPLACED - DISPERSED - REFUGEES) SUMMARY TABLE Updated version as of 8 December 1) REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Brazzaville) See map for locations LOCATION ORIGIN FIGURE …

Though the El-Nino phenomenon has caused unprecedented damage all over the country, the Government has not acted fast enough to relieve the people's suffering. The floods occasioned by torrential rains have left a devastated infrastructure, destroyed crops and drowned people…

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 special est base sur des informations pertinentes en provenance d'agences des Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de…

(8 December 1997)--In Stoking the Fires: Military Assistance, Arms Trafficking, and the Civil War in Burundi, released today, Human Rights Watch charges that members of the international community have blithely continued to supply arms or other forms of military assistance…