Reports

(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…

Number of people newly reported to have died : 43 (total confirmed : 1,542) Number of displaced people: total so far at least 230,000 Livestock reported killed so far : at least 21,000 Food stock destroyed: more than 60,000 hectares of crops and…

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…

Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together(ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The ACT network is organizationally based in the Lutheran World…

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. 304 for Central and Eastern Africa (Tuesday 2 December 1997) BURUNDI: Efforts underway to organise regional summit Efforts are…

Somali warlords have reached an agreement to hold a national reconciliation meeting in southern Somalia later this month. Somali sources in Cairo say the meeting is aimed at setting up a government for Somalia. The AFP newsagency quoting a source…

UNDP FLASH! UNDP TO STEP UP DEMINING ACTIVITIES, TRAIN POLICE OFFICERS IN SOMALIA.UNDP's Crisis Committee has allocated US$1.2 million for a civil protection programme in Somalia that will help reintegrate ex-militia members into civil society, train police officers and support demining…

DHAGVA - 97/0863 INTERNATIONAL APPEAL Background 1. The current short rains season in Kenya has seen exceptionally heavy rainfall, in many areas the most intense in 40 years. The worst-affected districts are in Coast Province (Kwale, Kilifi, Mombasa, Malindi, Tana River), North…

DATE=12/1/97 TYPE=BACKGROUND REPORT NUMBER=5-38256 TITLE=NORTHERN KENYA FLOODING BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINEÚDAAB CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING HAVE HIT THE HORN OF AFRICA HARD IN THE PAST MONTH. RELIEF SUPPLIES ARE NOW ARRIVING IN THE WORST-HIT AREAS, AS AID AGENCIES STEP UP EFFORTS TO REACH…

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 (Saturday-Monday 29 November-1 December 1997) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Kinshasa calm, but situation remains confused Calm returned to Kinshasa on Friday evening after…