Reports

News Release No: 2001/128/AFR WASHINGTON, November 22, 2000--The World Bank today approved a credit of US$90 million to assist the government of Eritrea in the process of long-term reconstruction and economic recovery. The Emergency Reconstruction Program will finance a set of…

As of 15 November, the Ministry of Health of Somalia has reported a total of 272 cases, including 14 deaths in Boroma, Awdal region, Somaliland since the start of the outbreak on 14 October 2000. Samples have tested positive…

NAIROBI, 21 November (IRIN) - Since the signing of a cooperation agreement by all the major Oromo opposition groups, the main armed party, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) has focused a military and diplomatic initiative on the issue of…

SUDAN: 18 reported dead in Yei bombing Sudanese government planes have again bombed the Western Equatoria market town of Yei, southern Sudan, on Monday afternoon, according to humanitarian and media reports. Norwegian Peoples Aid (NPA), an aid organisation working in…

Press Release SC/6956 Council Briefed by Presidents and Chief Prosecutor of Two Organs The Security Council met today to take up the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. As it did so, it was briefed by…

The Clinton administration has built a "forward-looking, informed, and enduring relationship" between the United States and Africa, but the next administration, Congress, and the small but growing constituency in the United States that cares about Africa must "build on this…

The Disaster An outbreak of Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever was confirmed by the Uganda Health Ministry on Saturday 14th October 2000 in Gulu district in northern Uganda. By 14th November 2000, 329 persons had been reported infected with the disease, out…

NATIONS UNIES Office de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RWANDA: La colère monte sur la question des enfants adoptés Le gouvernement rwandais a prévenu qu'il sera vraisemblablement obligé…

HIGHLIGHTS United Nations Day Women, Peace and Security OCHA launches first UN Humanitarian Novel 2001 Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Sudan FEATURES Access Issues Security Food Security Health Water & Sanitation Education& Skills Training Internally Displaced Persons Humanitarian Coordination Missions United Nations Day An official ceremony of hoisting of flags was the key event…

The government of Sudan must immediately halt its "horrible, heinous, senseless bombings of civilian targets" inside its borders, says Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Susan Rice. Speaking in Nairobi November 20 after completing a two-day visit to southern Sudan,…