Reports

EAST AFRICA AND THE HORN Sudan Early in 1996, food insecurity prevails in southern Sudan. An Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) rapid assessment team that recently returned from Eastern Equatoria reports that approximately 75,500 people in the Narus area are in immediate…

Repatriation According to UNHCR, during the month of April, 3,533 refugees returned to Rwanda through UNHCR assistance. This was a decrease of 27% compared to March figures. UNHCR reports that increased intimidation and administrative delays in organising visits by Rwandese Government…

Angola Country Report Structure SITUATION - Under the Unit for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Angola (UCAH), the Central Mine Action Office (CMAO), in cooperation with the United Nations Verification Mission to Angola (UNAVEM III), is developing a comprehensive mine…

Overview SITUATION - Jun. 95 - Sudan has a critical problem with land mines because of an ongoing civil war in which both sides continue to lay mines. Most of these mines have been placed in Southern Sudan, the locale…

The ICRC is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Burundi and the circumstances of the civilian population which is being increasingly targeted in the fighting. Ten of the fifteen provinces in the country have been or continue to…

Executive Summary A United States Institute of Peace team spent time in Angola in February to explore how Angolan and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can promote reconciliation in Angola as part of the postwar peace process. The recommendations the team…

MORNING HR/CERD/96/2 COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS FORTY-NINTH SESSION AT GENEVA Members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concern this morning about ongoing violence in Burundi and urged that the anti-bias panel discuss the situation…

OVERALL SITUATION DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD, A WFP-FAO CROP ASSESSMENT MISSION, INCLUDING OBSERVERS OF THE EU AND SADC, FINALIZED ITS EVALUATION AND DISCUSSED ITS PRELIMINARY FINDINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL FOOD AID COORDINATION SUBCOMMITTEE BEFORE DEPARTING FROM ANGOLA. BASED ON…

Weekly News Summaries in English for May 6, 1996 (The weekly news summary was compiled from various wire sources) 5/1/96 UNITA soldiers began entering into the Andulo demobilization camp located in Savimbi's home town. So…

After ten months of living in Bujumbura and talking to both Hutu and Tutsi mid-level leaders, I am more and more convinced that the greatest contribution the international community can make in Burundi, greater than humanitarian aid, greater than…