Reports

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that the flood in Somalia has exacerbated an already precarious food supply situation in several parts of the country. In its latest special alert, FAO says that persistent heavy rains…

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,…

It is now quite clear that this is a national disaster. The unseasonable and premature rains have struck in virtually every part of the country, including the arid and semi-arid north of the country, and they are causing untold…

IP/97/1021 La Commission européenne prépare un plan d'aide humanitaire d'urgence de 2 millions d'Ecus en faveur des régions de Somalie touchées par les inondations. L'Office humanitaire de la Communauté européenne (ECHO), responsable de la gestion de l'aide, est extrêmement inquiète quant…

ip/97/1021 The European Commission is drawing up plans to rush humanitarian aid worth ECU 2 million to parts of Somalia stricken by floods. The European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), which will manage the aid, is extremely concerned by the gravity…

Appeal Target : US$ 1,243,650 Geneva, November 20, 1997 Dear Friends, Persistent rains since mid - October have caused devastating floods in much of central and southern Somalia resulting in more than 1,000 deaths and displacement of several hundred…

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan YEI/KAJO KEJI ASSESSMENT UNDERWAY... A combined SRRA-UNICEF/OLS assessment is currently underway of the Mundri/Yei/Kajo Keji areas for Juba and Torit emergency preparedness contingency planning. The assessment, comprised mainly of SRRA…

11:21 AM EST NAIROBI (Reuters) - Aid agencies helping relief work for flood-stricken Somalia said Wednesday that the country's two main rivers had merged in places, causing floodplains over eight miles wide. "Our reports say the Juba and Shabelle rivers have…

By NATION Team. As the meteorological department forecast that the torrential rains may extend into next year, reports yesterday indicated that floods have hit the Kano plains after the River Nyando burst its banks. The floods which affected Kakola, K'ombura and…

SITUATION Heavy rainfalls continue throughout the region and rising water levels continue to menace those in low-lying areas of land. Up to 50,000 hectares of farm land have been flooded in Somalia leaving thousands of people trapped on small patches of…