Reports

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 47 of 1997 Date: 21 November 1997 This report includes: A) East Africa I - Floods: Somalia and Kenya B) East Africa II: Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and…

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 34 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs SITUATION: More than 2,000 people have now perished in the worst flooding in nearly 40 years in central and southern Somalia. Torrential rains and floods…

DATELINE ACT Somalia no.1 ACT International issues an appeal for 1,2 million USD to Somalia "Desperate people are eating leaves of the trees" Geneva, friday 21 november 1997 - The situation is absolutely desperate for 41,000 families in Garbaharrey in Somalia, they need food…

SOMALIA UPDATE Trócaire's Somalia Operational Programme: Trócaire has been working in Somalia since it first hit the headlines in 1992. At the time of writing we are the only Irish NGO with continuing operations in the region. Since 1992 we…

REG. NO. 97/0384 Period covered: 15-21 November The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Burundi, UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs GENERAL Ex-President Bagaza to be tried. The Ministry of Justice…

Number of people reported to have died since yesterday: 42 (total confirmed so far: 1,307) Number of newly displaced people: 4,128 ( total confirmed: 227,914) Villages reported to be cut off by water: number cannot be confirmed at present Livestock reported killed…

DATE=11/21/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-223051 TITLE= RWANDA STREET CHILDREN (L-ONLY) BYLINE=LISA SCHLEIN DATELINE=GENEVA CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A NEW SURVEY SUPPORTED BY UNICEF, THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND, FINDS THAT THE NUMBER OF STREET CHILDREN IN RWANDA HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM THREE-THOUSAND TO MORE THAN…

Contact: Mustafa Malik at 215/ 241-7060 or Nancy Benson at 215/ 241-7138 PHILADELPHIA -- The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) announced today that it is working to acquire and send by air freight medicines and blankets to Mogadishu to be distributed…

DHAGVA - 97/0857 INTERNATIONAL APPEAL SITUATION 1. On 19 November 1997, the head of the Ethiopian Somali National Regional State, Mr. Mohammed Mealin, reported that a total of 297 people have lost their lives as a result of extensive flooding in the…

Background The last few weeks have seen excessively heavy rains in the south east highlands of Ethiopia which have caused the rivers Juba and Shabelle to flood. In turn, this has caused flooding in the main agricultural areas of Somalia,…