Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 28 November (IRIN) - A senior Zambian military commander told IRIN on Tuesday that Zambia's armed forces were ready to defend the country's "territorial integrity", following a warning by Angolan UNITA rebels that its war against the government could…

Dakar, Senegal - In Somalia, which has had no central government for a decade, the new transitional national government is making demobilisation of thousands of militia members and their reintegration into society a priority. The goal is to demobilise up…

From IOM Press Briefing Notes by Thomas Weiss, IOM Spokesperson The Government of Zambia has requested IOM's assistance to transport some 2,000 former Angolan UNITA combatants and their families who recently entered the North Western Province of Zambia. The newly-arrived are…

UNMEE/PR/14 The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) today successfully opened the first access route through the frontlines. UNMEE Force Commander Major-General Patrick Cammaert and a small number of key staff members traveled in a two-vehicle convoy by road from…

Maputo, Mozambique - Environ 198.000 hectares de plantations ont été détruites au Mozambique par les inondations ayant ravagé ce pays en février dernier, selon un rapport rendu public lundi, à Maputo, au cours de la réunion du Comité de…

Tervil Okoko Nairobi, Kenya - Somalia's new government of President Abdiqassim Salat Hassan has offered an olive branch to all the warring groups to bring about everlasting peace in the country, Prime Minister Ali Khalif Galayadh said at the weekend. The…

A project FAO proposed within the 2000 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Tanzania has helped more than 50,000 refugees improve family nutrition by learning to grow food. The refugees have been in Tanzania since 1993, when war and civil unrest…

SG/A/752, AFR/277 The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Berhanu Dinka, his Special Representative for the Great Lakes Region, as Chairman of the Implementation Monitoring Committee…

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 launches committee to monitor peace deal Burundi's peace process mediator Nelson Mandela on Monday inaugurated the…

FONDATION HIRONDELLE - AGENCE DE PRESSE HIRONDELLE A ARUSHA POURPARLERS DE PAIX INTERBURUNDAIS NEWS DU 27 NOVEMBRE 2000 Arusha, 27 novembre 2000 (FH) Le médiateur dans la crise burundaise, l'ancien président sud-africain Nelson Mandela, a lancé la commission de suivi de l'application…