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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 Emergency Update No. 290 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 12 November 1997) BURUNDI: UN special rapporteur calls for end to…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 289 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday, 11 November 1997) TANZANIA: Humanitarian community concerned over refugee expulsions Senior humanitarian sources…

Aid workers have began emergency air drops to 23-thousand people stranded by severe flooding in southern Somalia. The International Committee of the Red Cross says the first flights are aimed at getting food and shelter to 10-thousand people in the…

NEW YORK, (PANA) - The United Nations has issued an appeal to the international community to help tens of thousands of Somali people displaced by floods. Floods are now threatening the lives of thousands more Somalis, the U.N. said Tuesday.…

Torrential Rains continue to plague Somalia: "Somalia makes the Mississippi look like a puddle" David Neff, Country Director of CARE-Somalia and NGO Representative for the Somalia Flood Response, describes a relief operation that is "messy, muddy and dangerous." November 12, 1997 -- Torrential rains…

Somalia - Floods DHA - Geneva Situation Report No. 3 FLASH APPEAL URGENT REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE Overall Situation 1. A flood emergency throughout Somalia - from the Shebelle River west to the border with Kenya and from the Ethiopian…

LUANDA, Nov 12 (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean peacekeeper and a Portuguese relief worker were assaulted by former UNITA rebels in the southeast Angolan town of Jamba, a U.N. official said on Wednesday. "Two people were beaten up on Monday night in…

Uganda has been undergoing major changes since the beginning of the year: the Lord's Resistance Army, an armed opposition movement operating mainly in the northern districts of Gulu and Kitgum, has intensified its activities in recent months, adding significantly…

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Somalia has launched an urgent appeal for helicopters and boats to reach more than 150,000 people displaced by floods in Somalia. The coordinated inter-agency response to the crisis also requires $4.6 million…