Reports

Flood waters continue to rise around the mainly Somali refugee camps at Dadaab, Kenya. On Monday, flood waters entered Dagahaley camp, flooding out 5,000 of the camp's 40,000 refugees. This brings to two the number of refugee camps hit…

SACB - Situation on the ground Number of people reported to have died since 24.11.97: 8 (total confirmed so far: 1,386) Number of newly displaced people: total so far at least 230,000 Villages reported to be cut off by water:…

The Government recently declared the flooding in the Coast Province a national disaster. The usually slow government machinery quickly went into first gear. Reconstruction of damaged infrastracture has already begun. Any right-thinking Kenyan instantly smells a rat. Why the quick action…

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 background brief on flooding in eastern Africa 25 November 1997 East Africa has been lashed for several weeks by torrential…

DATE=11/24/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223159 TITLE=SOMALI KIDNAPPING (S) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: FIVE FOREIGN AID WORKERS KIDNAPPED LAST FRIDAY BY GUNMEN IN THE NORTHERN SELF-PROCLAIMED REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND WERE FREED MONDAY. AID OFFICIALS SAY THEY APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION, DESPITE THEIR…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - At least 103 rebels were reported killed while two government soldiers were slightly wounded in fighting at the weekend in the communes of Buyenyero and Burambi of the southern Burundian province of Bururi, Lt-Col. Isaie…

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…

DN: IP/97/1028 IP/97/1028 Bruxelles, le 24 novembre 1997 L'opération ECHO-Flight, dont les avions amènent l'aide humanitaire aux régions de Somalie, du sud Soudan et de l'Ouganda ravagées par la crise, est prolongée de deux mois jusqu'à…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS Four United Nations staff members kidnapped in northern Somalia on Friday were released unharmed on Monday. A United Nations Spokesman told reporters in New York that the staff members had been kidnapped in Elayu west of Bosaso. Those kidnapped…

DN: IP/97/1028 ip/97/1028 Brussels, 24 November 1997 Operation ECHO-Flight, which enables humanitarian aid to be flown into crisis-stricken areas of Somalia, Southern Sudan and Uganda, is being extended for two months until mid-January 1998. The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) has…