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UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 E-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION 1. This report follows two recent DHA/IRIN field trips to Uganda and describes developments affecting the humanitarian situation during January and February. The…

Contents 1. Chronology 2. Sudanese seek Mandela's intervention 3. Rumbek Diocesan Assembly held 1. Chronology (continues from previous issue) February 1997 15: Sudanese war planes have bombed a northern Ugandan town, killing one woman, the Ugandan government said here today, in the most serious…

This is an excerpt of the original WFP report which includes: A) Albania B) Democratic People's Republic of Korea C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Uganda E) Ethiopia F) Angola. PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) F.…

(excerpt) Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme This report includes: A) Albania B) Democratic People's Republic of Korea C) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania D) Uganda E) Ethiopia F) Angola. From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the…

(extract) Oxfams largest programme in Uganda, the Ikafe settlement for Sudanese refugees, has been greatly affected by rising levels of violence in northern Uganda. Security has become very bad, and 32,000, or 60% of the total population of the refugees…

FRIDAY, 3.30PM: A GROUP of up to 600 unidentified armed men killed 32 people at a Roman Catholic mission station in south-western Angola last week, an Angolan newspaper said today. Six nuns, whose fate is unknown, were also abducted…

In Burundi, authorities are appealing for calm after revealing they've foiled a plot to assassinate military ruler Major Pierre Buyoya. Army spokesman, Isaie Nibizi, says six people, including two soldiers, were arrested on suspicion of plotting to kill Major Buyoya, who…

(extract) Oxfam has for many years now maintained a programme of emergency and rehabilitation work in southern Sudan. This is ongoing, and has most recently included the distribution to displaced people of non-food materials on behalf of other agencies in…

(extract) Oxfams emergency programme in Angola is largely a rehabilitation programme in Benguela Province and in Kuito. It concentrates on agricultural rehabilitation and water and sanitation for displaced people and those returning to their homes. There have also been distributions of…

ICRC News 97/09 The ICRC has just completed the first phase of a major project in southern Somalia's Juba Valley to protect against flooding, which destroys crops and causes severe hardship for thousands of farming families every year. The…