Reports

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147=20 Fax: +254 2 622 129=20 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…

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…

DATE=11/20/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-222984 TITLE=RWANDA ATTACK (L) BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: NEARLY 300 PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN HUTU REBELS STORMED A PRISON IN NORTHWEST RWANDA, IN AN ATTEMPT TO FREE INMATES. SONYA LAURENCE GREEN IN NAIROBI REPORTS DURING THE RAID (MONDAY), ABOUT 200…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147=20 Fax: +254 2 622 129=20 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…

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. 296 for Central and Eastern Africa (Thursday 20 November 1997) RWANDA: 300 killed in jail battle About 300…

In a statement released yesterday, 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 region over the…

Number of people estimated to have died so far due to flooding: 1,277 Number of displaced people reported so far: 223,786 Villages reported to be cut off by water: N/A Livestock reported killed so far: more than 14,000 animals Food stock…

Ghion Hagos, PANA Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia Thursday proposed an investigation by international eminent personalities of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to avert further tragedies in the Great Lakes region. It is my conviction that the establishment of an…

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya government Thursday declared the north eastern province a flood disaster area. Also placed in the same category was Marsabit and Moyale in northern Kenya, though administratively in eastern province. President Daniel arap Moi said…

Trócaire's Somalia representative, Kathleen Fahy has predicted more danger to come in the current flooding situation in Somalia. Her report follows an urgent appeal by the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs for Helicopters to winch people to safety…