Reports

By Nigel Marsh, East Africa Communications Manager ARUSHA - More than 472,000 Tanzanians are receiving seeds in a one-year emergency distribution by World Vision, while over 200,000 people received emergency food aid between January and April to help them through a…

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: Les Congolais s'apprêtent à signer une déclaration à Lusaka Les signataires congolais de l'accord de Lusaka…

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 SOMALIA: Agencies to verify cholera outbreak A cholera outbreak has been reported in the Lower Shabelle…

JOHANNESBURG, 2 May (IRIN) - The WFP has made an urgent appeal to international donors for funds to feed refugees at the Osire refugee camp in northern Namibia. The UN's food agency said in a statement that it's Namibia operation…

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED BY UNMEE MACC 1. It was reported by UNPK Force that a mine incident occurred in Senafe area at GR BD 390210. (Longitude: 39 degrees 21 minutes and 30 seconds, Latitude: 14 degrees 38 minutes…

ANGOLA PROFILE SUMMARY Since the war for independence in 1963, Angolans have seen little peace. Internal conflict has ravaged the country for nearly forty years, leading to the displacement of an estimated 3.8 million persons (CHR 25 January 2001,para. 8;…

Floods in southern Africa have caused incredible amounts of damage. Houses, schools, roads, bridges, livestock and crops were all destroyed and peoples' lives were turned inside out when floods struck in 2000 and then again in 2001. Catholic Relief…

Briefing by: Diane de Guzman former Humanitarian Principles Coordinator for UNICEF/Operation Lifeline Sudan When: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 10:30 a.m. to Noon Where: U.S. Committee for Refugees 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. (2nd Floor) Washington, D.C. (near DuPont Circle…

TRÓCAIRE LENTEN COLLECTION ALREADY SUPPORTING KENYA'S HUNGRY MILLIONS Trócaire announced today (Wednes) that donations made to the agency through the Trócaire Lenten collection this year are already being put to good use in drought-ridden Kenya. Massive food shortages continue to…

MEDAIR North Sudan has recently participated in an emergency nutritional assessment, due to the current drought in Sudan. Poor rainfall in the year 2000 means much of the Darfur and Kordofan region in the west of the country is…