Reports

GREAT LAKES Over the past few weeks there has been a series of often arbitrary expulsions from various countries in the Great Lakes region. UNHCR is extremely concerned about this development and its humanitarian consequences. The expulsions, which began…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background: The worst flooding since 1960 has hit Somalia's southern Juba and Shabelle River valleys as a result of extremely high amounts of rainfall…

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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: UN team assured investigation can proceed The UN human rights mission met today (Tuesday) with DRC interior…

Washington, D.C., November 18, 1997 The United States House of Representatives passed House Resolution 273 which "condemns the military intervention by the Government of the Republic of Angola into the Republic of the Congo" and calls on the Angolan Government…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has provided $50,000 and 2,000 blankets to the relief effort for flood victims in Somalia. The aid is being provided to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for distribution in southern Somalia…

UNHCR provided $50,000 and 2,000 blankets to UNICEF on Tuesday for emergency distribution to flood victims in southern Somalia following record-breaking flooding in the Juba and Shabelle valley regions that has reportedly killed more than 2,000 persons a nd…

Number of deaths reported newly: 70 (1,265 total confirmed deaths) Number of newly displaced people: 3,786 (223,786 total confirmed displaced) Livestock reported killed since yesterday: 3100 ( 14,000 +) Food stock destroyed: More than 60,000 hectares of crops and farmland…

FAO GLOBAL INFORMATION AND EARLY WARNING SYSTEM ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SPECIAL ALERT NO. 278 (Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply conditions give rise to concern) COUNTRY: SOMALIA DATE : 18 November 1997 Persistently heavy rains since mid-October caused serious floods,…

RWANDA'S economy has been shattered by years of ethnic conflict, but it has vowed to repay all foreign debts incurred by previous regimes even if the money was used to repress Rwandans. ''Rwanda is committed to clearing up all its…

Number of people reported to have died since 15.11.: due to flooding: 329 (= 1,195 total confirmed deaths) Number of newly displaced people: 10,000 (at least 220,000 total confirmed displaced) Villages newly reported abondoned or destroyed: More than 9,000 houses destroyed,…