Reports

NATIONS UNIES Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 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 donateurs et des medias. IRIN publie…

Number of people estimated to have died since yesterday due to flooding: 30 (766 Cumulative) Number of newly reported displaced people: 10,000+ Livestock reported killed since yesterday: 100+ Food stock destroyed: underground sorghum and general cereal reserves destroyed in huge quantities, tens of…

SOMALIA UPDATE: WHAT: More than ten thousand people have been newly displaced by severe flooding in Somalia, adding to the 200,000 people already estimated to have fled their homes. Rain continues to fall heavily in many areas; in Bhardhere waters…

World Vision Somalia will fly six metric tonnes of shelter materials and 500 kilograms emergency medical supplies into the flood-hit Middle Juba region on Saturday 15 November as part of efforts to help up to 20,000 affected families. The supplies…

Save the Children has launched an emergency programme to meet  the urgent  needs of thousands of families displaced by the recent devastating floods in the main agricultural deltas of south Somalia. With the help of a =A3250,000 grant from…

The death toll from flooding in southern Somalia had risen to at least one-thousand. The floods, which started when the Juba River burst its banks nearly a month ago displaced 200,000 people and affected another one-million. Aid agencies say the…

Geneva (ICRC) - As the rains continue in Ethiopia and Somalia, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is launching an appeal for help in saving the lives of survivors of the catastrophe caused by the overflowing of…

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 (Friday 14 November 1997) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: UN rights team to meet government on Monday Members of the UN human…

WFP EMERGENCY REPORT Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 46 of 1997   Date: 14 November 1997    This report includes:  A) East Africa: Somalia, Burundi, Tanzania and   Uganda  B) Central Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo…

Reports this week from International Medical Corps Somalia Field Officer indicate that the massive flooding in Somalia has left 122 dead in Bay Region and countless numbers homeless. Receiving information from the few areas of the region where radio contact…