Reports

SC/6361 23 April 1997 The Security Council met this afternoon to consider the situation in Somalia, with speakers urging all Somali faction leaders to cooperate with regional efforts towards national reconciliation and to participate in the forthcoming National…

As the United Nations considers imposing sanctions on Sudan over its alleged export of Islamic terror, Gemini News Service reports on an appeal from a minority group in the country who say they are being destroyed in a "holy…

S P E C I A L R E P O R T 1. OVERVIEW 2. AGRICULTURE IN THE MACRO-ECONOMIC CONTEXT 3. CYCLONE GRETELLE 4. FOODCROP PRODUCTION 5. FOOD SUPPLY SITUATION 6. EMERGENCY FOOD AID REQUIREMENTS 1. OVERVIEW Following…

By Moyiga Nduru LONDON, Apr 23 (IPS) - Exiled Sudanese opposition leader Mohamed Osman al Mirghani has warned that the peace agreement signed this week between the Islamic fundamentalist government and six rebel groups could ultimately break up Africa's…

Yahya el Hassan PANA Correspondent KHARTOUM, Sudan ( PANA) - Two African presidents witnessed in Khartoum Monday evening the signing ceremony of a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and six minor rebel factions which had been waging war against…

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan OLS PILOT STILL DETAINED IN KHARTOUM... Rick Stewart, an Air Kenya employee and pilot of the UNICEF-chartered Twin Otter aircraft, is still being held in Khartoum after being moved…

UNHCR's pilot repatriation from eastern Ethiopia to northwest Somalia will finally resume on 29 April. It was due to resume on Monday 21 April but it did not start because of "administrative matters". The repatriation program began at the end of…

Mildred Mulenga PANA Staff Correspondent KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - A delegation from the U.S. Congress is in Sudan to witness the signing of a peace agreement on Monday between the government and the Nubian Mountains splinter group of the Sudan…

*97042107.AAF U.S. 'STRONGLY FAVORS' DISBANDING REGROUPMENT CAMPS IN BURUNDI (Would allow populations to resume normal activity) (410) WASHINGTON -- "The United States strongly endorses the Arusha Summit's call for the disbanding of forced regroupment camps in Burundi and for allowing affected populations to…

KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - Two Ugandan soldiers, taken captive by the Sudanese army, appeared on state television Saturday night, saying they participated in last week's attack against Sudanese positions south of Juba. The two who spoke Swahili, an official language in…