Reports

Special Representative upbeat on deadline compliance The United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative to Angola, Alioune Blondin Beye, has hailed progress in the peace process made in the last month. This appears to have removed the immediate threat of sanctions…

Judith Matloff, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor RUHENGERI, RWANDA -- Basahili Ngiruswonsanga says he is innocent of committing genocide in 1994. But he is scared to leave his newly reclaimed house in case his neighbors believe otherwise. Like 500,000…

ICRC NEWS 37 Before some of the Rwandan refugees in Zaire returned home, among them were more than 19,800 unaccompanied children who had been identified but had not yet been able to rejoin one of their parents. Today, it is…

Uganda Uganda, a country that generally has a grain surplus, will have relatively little to export this year. The long-rains harvest was poorer than expected, and the current short rains have been poorly distributed. Kasese in the west and Kapchorwa…

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 The impact of recent events in Zaire continue to affect Burundi, with evidence…

Sudan The dry season has arrived in southern Sudan. While much of the harvest is complete, farmers will continue to harvest the main sesame crop and the remaining sorghum crop through December. According to the FAO - UNICEF crop assessment,…

SEVERE DIARRHOEAL DISEASE REPORTED IN LABONE... An outbreak of severe diarrhoeal disease was reported on 19 November in Labone, Eastern Equatoria, and continues to date, with more than 200 cases reported from all age groups. Some 153 people have been admitted…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan has described the entry ban imposed by the United States on its officials and militarymen as a "regretable escalation " of the already strained relations between the two countries. In his reaction to an order…