Reports

SACB CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE SUMMARY Although good rainfall and improving crop and pasture conditions have reduced the immediate humanitarian needs faced by vulnerable groups across Somalia over the past four months, careful monitoring and well-targeted assistance will be required during the dry jilaal…

ZIMBABWE: Mugabe reportedly faces leadership challenge Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe allegedly could face a leadership challenge at a crucial congress of his ruling party next month, Reuters reported. In the last month, Mugabe has purged ZANU-PF provincial executive committees dominated by…

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: International court hears Yerodia case Tuesday's cabinet reshuffle in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in which…

Addis Abéba, Ethiopie - La Commission européenne s'est engagée à débloquer 40 millions d'euros (1 dollar = 1,18 euros) pour venir en aide à l'Ethiopie qui est confrontée à une situation alimentaire précaire. Les fonds sont essentiellement destinés à accroître les…

Lusaka, Zambia - A UN monitoring team on sanctions against UNITA is in Zambia for consultations with government officials in Lusaka on how to strengthen and improve sanctions against the rebel Angolan movement. The three-man team is composed of Ambassadors Juan…

Having completed meetings with the leadership in Ethiopia and Eritrea, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the two countries said today that both shared "a real desire for peace." Legwaila J. Legwaila, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Special Representative to…

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 RDC: Ouverture du procès de Yerodia dans un tribunal international Alors que la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) annonçait…

Luanda, Angola - Quelque 50 pour cent des enfants angolais de moins de 5 ans meurent de paludisme, a indiqué le le directeur du Programme national de lutte contre cette maladie, M. Filomeno Fortes. M. Fortes a fait cette révélation…

Bishop David Konstant of Leeds has just visited Sudan to view the situation there first hand. Sudan is suffering terrible hardships, which according to Bishop Konstant largely result from the 16 years of civil war and exacerbated by crop…

JOHANNESBURG, 22 November (IRIN) - Heavy rains and strong winds have lashed southern Mozambique this week resulting in nine deaths and raising fears of a repeat of the catastrophic floods that devastated the country earlier this year. News reports said…