Reports

The Humanitarian Update Update on Floods in Somalia Emergency flood relief operations are under way in most parts of Central and Southern Somalia where Juba and Shabelle rivers compounded by the torrential rains continue wreaking havoc to people, livestock, and farmlands.…

Number of people reported to have died since yesterday: 11 (total confirmed) Number of displaced people: total so far at least 230,000 Villages reported to be cut off by water: information too incomplete Livestock reported killed so far : at…

KENYA UNHCR will begin airlifting diesel fuel to the three refugee camps affected by floods in the Dadaab region of in north-eastern Kenya on Saturday. The fuel will be used to pump fresh water in the camps that have…

Southern Sudan Much of southern Sudan remained unseasonably dry during October, signaling the end of the rainy season a month or so earlier than usual. Good rains during October would have increased the yields of drought-affected sorghum crops in Eastern…

AA68 I am pleased to announce that Australia will provide $2.5 million to rehabilitate basic services in Rwanda. Following the massive repatriation of Rwandan refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Burundi in late 1996, the Government of…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 48 of 1997 Date: 28 November 1997 This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) Afghanistan C) Iraq D) East Africa I…

Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0861 UPDATES ON SOMALIA INTER-AGENCY COORDINATED FLOOD RESPONSE 1. The UN Resident Coordinator for Somalia provides the following updates on the situation and the progress in international relief efforts, consolidated based on the information provided by the Somalia Inter-Agency…

The UN Resident Coordinator in Kampala reports that heavy rains in eastern Africa have spread to Uganda's eastern region of Mbale, causing landslides which killed 30 or more persons and displaced about 2,500 persons. Flooding has also been reported…

Hundreds of people have died and thousands have been forced to flee their homes and land in southern Somalia, where a month of torrential rains has caused severe flooding. Serious food shortages have developed in some areas…

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 hebdomadaire est base sur les bulletins quotidiens et des informations pertinentes provenant d'agences de Nations Unies,…