Reports

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 E-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RDC: Quelque 2,5 millions de morts "en plus", selon l'IRC Un rapport publié par le Comité…

ZIMBABWE: Mugabe won't stop raids President Robert Mugabe will not intervene to end the current wave of invasions of private companies by his supporters, the 'Financial Gazette' reported on Thursday, quoting information minister Jonathan Moyo. "Instead of seeking President Robert…

by Evelyn O'Reilly, Senior Director for Development I recently had an opportunity to visit CARE projects in Mozambique. It was not what I expected. I was amazed that a country, which had undergone a prolonged civil war could make such tremendous…

SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND The Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) is implementing a new rice farming strategy in Madagascar. Three tropical cyclones ravaged large parts of the island during the spring of 2000. Almost one million people were affected, in part…

Nairobi, May 2001 The exodus UNHCR has been caring for Eritrean refugees in Sudan longer than for any other large group of exiles, with the first camp for present-day Eritreans opened by the agency in eastern Sudan in 1967. Refugees began…

Climate and Vegetation Outlook The 2001 Gu (main) rains season--critical for the recovery of many of Somalia’s food insecure populations--started slowly at the beginning of April. However, good rains fell in several parts of the country during…

MSF press release, Luanda, Brussels 9 May - For several months, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has faced a high increase of malnutrition in the Bié Province, in the center of Angola. Over the past six weeks, MSF has referred more…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 E-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI: Six morts dans une attaque rebelle près de Bujumbura Six personnes ont trouvé la mort…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI: Six killed in rebel attack near Bujumbura Six people were killed in a rebel attack near a…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: Freedom restrictions "serious problem" Members of the UN Security Council have expressed concern that the UN Mission…