Reports

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 BURUNDI: Mandela "really exhausted" Burundi peace mediator, Nelson Mandela, will not meet CNND-FDD leader Jean-Bosco Ndayikengurukiye and…

NAIROBI, 26 July (IRIN) - After more than a decade in Ethiopia, Somali refugees in the eastern camp of Rabasso are preparing to return to their homes in northwestern Somalia, a spokesman for UNHCR told IRIN Thursday. The news…

ZIMBABWE: Government suspends BBC press accreditation The Zimbabwean government has suspended all press accreditation for the BBC, accusing its correspondents of "deliberate unethical and unprofessional conduct", the state-controlled 'Herald' newspaper reported on Thursday quoting information minister Jonathan Moyo. The newspaper said the…

NAIROBI, 26 July (IRIN) - Senior traditional elders in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, who were debating the controversy surrounding the extension of the mandate of President Abdullahi Yusuf and his administration, have come out in support…

Summary Zimbabwe's wheat stocks were estimated at 116,000 MT at the end of May, of which 81,000 MT were official stocks. Wheat consumption has gone down since the two consecutive 20 percent bread price increases. At an average consumption rate…

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 SUDAN: WHO plans urgent action on Ruweng polio outbreak A wild poliovirus sample isolated on 22 July from…

At the request of Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE), the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) recently completed a report on the international response to the plight of internally displaced people. The report, entitled "Internally Displaced Persons…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel : +254 2 622 147 Fax : +254 2 622 129 e-mail : irin@ocha.unon.org RDC: Le gouvernement refuse un fonctionnaire de l'ONU Le gouvernement de la RDC…

ZIMBABWE: Health services crippled as doctors, nurses strike A strike by government doctors and nurses crippled state hospital services in the country's main cities on Wednesday, AP reported. Quoting the Hospital Doctors Association, the agency said about 350 doctors stopped work…

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 DRC: Government rejects UN official The DRC government has rejected the nomination of a British official, Matthew…