Reports

DATE=12/3/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223603 TITLE=SOMALIA AID (L ONLY) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: U-N OFFICIALS SAY THE EMERGENCY OPERATION FOR FLOOD-HIT SOMALIA WILL HAVE TO BE EXTENDED BY AT LEAST ONE MONTH. AS SONYA LAURENCE GREEN REPORTS, HEAVY RAINS IN THE AREA WERE…

See map of affected region SITUATION It has now been confirmed that 1,300 people have lost their lives in Somalia and a further 224,000 have been displaced. At least 9,000 houses have been destroyed and thousands of livestock have been lost. In Ethiopia,…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs Disaster Appeal #7632T for $100,000 Signed by the Rev. Dr. Rodney Page, CWS Executive Director DEC. 3, 1997 SITUATION: Although relief supplies have finally reached stricken flood areas, malaria…

Specialists Introduce and Test New Technology for Rapid Mine Clearing ATLANTA, December 3, 1997 - As over 120 countries join to sign the international treaty banning anti-personnel land mines in Ottawa, the international relief and development organization CARE announced a new…

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan UPDATE ON SLEEPING SICKNESS INTERVENTIONS... The International Medical Corps (IMC) have begun treatment of Stage II sleeping sickness patients at the Tambura County Hospital. Planning for Stage I treatment…

(Will meet with President Dos Santos) (120) WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's December 8-15 trip to Africa will include a stop in Angola, the State Department announced December 3. Following is the text of the announcement: (BEGIN TEXT) U.S. DEPARTMENT…

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…

KENYA FLOODS UNHCR is moving 5,000 refugees whose shelters have been destroyed by the floods in the Somali camps of Ifo and Dagahaley to higher ground. Rains have continued near the Dadaab area of north-eastern Kenya and water is…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0864 1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Kampala reports that rains continued in most parts of the country over this past weekend, further worsening the situation. It is being reported that up to 150,000 persons may…

(Responsibilities being expanded) (230) WASHINGTON -- President Clinton December 2 named former U.S. Representative Howard Wolpe special envoy of the president and secretary of state to Africa's Great Lakes region, expanding his professional responsibilities. Following is the White House statement announcing the…