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DATE=2/12/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209996 TITLE=SUDAN FIGHTING (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: SUDAN SAYS IT HAS LAUNCHED A MAJOR OFFENSIVE TO DRIVE REBELS BACK TOWARD THE ETHIOPIAN BORDER. BUT V-O-A EAST AFRICA CORRESPONDENT SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS THE REBELS DENY THE CLAIM, SAYING THERE HAS BEEN…

The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Burundi, UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs Over the past several weeks, the Buyoya government has compounded long standing efforts…

U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL CARE INTERNATIONAL'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE GREAT LAKES REGION Comments by Marc Lindenberg Senior Vice President for Program CARE USA February 12, 1997 =B0 INTRODUCTION =B0 THE IMMEDIATE CHALLENGES OF THE GREAT LAKES REGIONS AND IMPERATIVES FOR ACTION =B0 LONGER…

High Commissioner Sadako Ogata meets with high=ADlevel government officials in Rwanda, visits returnee sites. More UNHCR staff members return to posts in western Rwanda which they left following last weeks killings in Cyangugu. UN workers attempt to provide emergency relief aid…

From Segun Adeyemi ; PANA Correspondent NEW YORK, United Nations (PANA) - The United Nations has told Angolans that it will extend its mission in their country for two months if a government of national union and reconciliation is formed…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - At least 1,500 students from the University of Bujumbura began a one-year military training here Monday. With their heads shaved, they became the first females to undertaken military training in the country's history. This is the second…

Eleven people have have been killed and 20 others injured after Hutu rebels ambushed a convoy of mini-buses just outside the Rwandan capital, Kigali. As Africa correspondent Ben Wilson reports, it's the third fatal attack carried out by Hutu milita…

INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE BACKGROUND FOR APPEAL 1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Nairobi reports that at the request of the Government of Kenya, the UN Disaster Management Team (UN-DMT) carried out a first assessment mission to drought affected north-eastern…

Emergency Appeal no. 01.04/96 situation report no. 4 period covered: October - December 1996 Some 20,000 refugees from the conflict and famine in neighbouring Somalia are still resident in three camps near Mombasa on the Kenyan coast. The Federation and Kenyan…

DATE=2/10/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-209900 TITLE=ANGOLA UNCERTAINTY (L ONLY) BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS IS EXPRESSING NEW ANXIETY ABOUT THE PEACE PROCESS IN ANGOLA -- AS A DEADLINE APPROACHES WEDNESDAY FOR THE FORMER UNITA REBELS TO BEGIN SERVING IN A GOVERNMENT OF…