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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…

ICRC NEWS 46 SHORT MENU.... SOMALIA/ETHIOPIA: 160 TONNES OF AID AIRLIFTED SO FAR: Thousands of Somalis remain under threat from floods due to the overflowing Juba and Shabelle rivers. STORIES IN FULL... SOMALIA/ETHIOPIA: 160 TONNES OF AID AIRLIFTED SO FAR Thousands of Somalis remain…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS On the eve of the third anniversary of the signing of the Lusaka Protocol, the members of the Security Council called on the parties, especially the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), to implement faithfully all…

HUMANITARIAN UPDATE Update on Floods in Somalia Relief operations for the victims of flooding in Southern and Central Somalia continues in full swing as torrential rains intensified and results in overflowing of Juba and Shabelle rivers, inundating large areas of farming…

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 Some 4,571 cases of cholera have been reported in Kenya's western Nyanza province in an epidemic which started in June.…

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. 295 for Central and Eastern Africa (Wednesday 19 November 1997) BURUNDI: Buyoya rejects claims of involvement in 1993…

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org [Le bulletin special est base sur des informations pertinentes en provenance d'agences des Nations Unies, d'ONG, de gouvernements, de…

Yahya El Hassan, PANA Correspondent KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Hassan el Bashir of Sudan and a defector from a southern rebel movement accused the United States Wednesday of sabotaging the recent talks in Nairobi with the Sudan People's…

ICRC NEWS 46 ** SHORT MENU.... RWANDA: CHILDREN SEEK PARENTS THROUGH ICRC PHOTO ALBUM: There are 440 pictures in all, each of an infant holding a board with an identification number in front of him or her. ** STORIES IN FULL... RWANDA…

JUBA AND SHABELLE RIVERS MERGE IN SOMALIA Thousands of hectares of land are underwater as relief agencies' worst nightmare the merging of the Juba and Shabelle rivers comes true. Normally 50 feet wide, the Juba River now stretches as far…