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FONDATION HIRONDELLE - AGENCE DE PRESSE HIRONDELLE A ARUSHA POURPARLERS DE PAIX INTERBURUNDAIS NEWS DU 31 JUILLET 2001 Arusha, le 31 juillet, 2001 (FH) Le président du Conseil national pour la défense de la démocratie (CNDD), Léonard Nyangoma, exige une participation effective…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 1. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia/Kosovo The…

Highlights: The security situation remains precarious with the continued influx of displaced persons towards provincial and municipal capitals. The first round of the National Immunization Days (NIDs) against polio was successfully carried out in all 18 provinces: over…

HIGHLIGHTS Most IDPs who fled western Bahr El Ghazal are now being assisted in southern Darfur. The return to their home areas in Bahr El Ghazal of the demobilized child soldiers has started. Rinderpest emergency immunisation is being carried…

HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY THREAT ON SOMALI/KENYA BORDER DONORS URGED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL DONATIONS TO EMOP SHORTFALL IN FOOD PIPELINE FOR REFUGEES UN FACT-FINDING TEAM TO LOOK INTO SMALL ARMS IN KENYA BACKGROUND Following a request by President Moi, the UN Under Secretary General…

Population Movements Since January 2001, as many as 298,000 persons may have been displaced by war-related violence, bringing the total number of persons reportedly displaced since the resumption of hostilities in January 1998 to 3.1 million. Of…

General ContextSecond Attempted Coup in three Months In the night 22/23 July fighting erupted in the Burundian capital Bujumbura in the second attempted coup d'etat this year. The common soldiers of two military battalions, based in Muha camp,…

SUMMARY A two-day Workshop facilitated by UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) was held at Embasoira Hotel on 26-27 July 2001 to pave way for the Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP-2002). IDPs movement and repatriation of…

EDITORIAL Lower than normal rainfall is placing increasing strain on the resources of pastoralists and has devastated a large proportion of the main sorghum crop production. This month's editorial draws attention to the mid and longer- term…

KENYA: Amnesty calls for inquiry into police killings The human rights organisation Amnesty International on Friday, 27 July, called for a government inquiry into the alleged police execution of seven people "in cold blood" in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, last week.…