Reports

Somalia The Deyr (secondary) rainy season finally started in southern Somalia during the third week of November -- about 5 weeks later than normal. In many areas, dry-planted sorghum and maize had withered and died before the main rains fell.…

HARARE, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A contingent of 17 Zimbabwe police officers left Harare Friday for peacekeeping and observer duties in Angola. They will be part of a United Nations force helping Angola return to peace after nearly two decades of…

Lubango, Angola (PANA) - Some 7,000 children and 910 women of child bearing age have been immunized against various diseases under Angola's Expanded Immunization Programme in Chibia, northern Angola. Some 1,133 children, according to the province directorate of public health and…

From Lionel Williams; PANA Correspondent JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is to fly Monday 20 tons of relief supplies to Rwanda, where thousands of refugees have returned from neighbouring states. The assistance, to be flown by the South African…

LUANDA, Angola (PANA) - Nine generals of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) were officially integrated into the Angolan armed forces in a ceremony in Luanda on Friday. The ceremony took place in the presence of the…

PART I - HIGHLIGHTS (Details below in Part II) A. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA. Information as of 19 December. 1. Tanzania a) Refugees who left the Ngara camps on 12 and 13 December cross into Rwanda…

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - Over the last two weeks, just 1,500 of the 200,000 Burundian refugees in Tanzania have returned home in the country's north-eastern province. The head of emergency aid of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Claire…

Co-ordinating Office Action by Churches Together (ACT) is a worldwide network of Churches and their related agencies meeting human need through co-ordinated emergency response and common identity. The ACT network is organizationally based in the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and…