Reports

John Barraclough talks to Bill Morton, Community Aid Abroad Program Officer for Somalia, and finds that lack of a Government doesn't necessarily mean anarchy and chaos. Perhaps no other country has been so publicly abandoned to its fate as…

(Excerpt) WFP EMERGENCY REPORT issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme Report No. 16 of 1997 Date: 18 April 1997 This report includes: A) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire and Tanzania B) Uganda C) Kenya D) Angola E) Albania F) Iraq. From…

With the Government of National Unity and Reconciliation (GURN) installed, the Rapid Demobilization Programme (RDP) started on 15 April 1997. Before the launch of RDP, IOM had assisted 2,343 underage ex-combatants and 327 accompanying dependents. From 15 to 17 April…

DAKAR, Senegal (PANA) - The Uganda People's Defence Force says it has killed 60 Sudanese soldiers and captured 114 in a pre-emptive strike in which several rebels were also killed at Lelabur, just inside Uganda's border with Sudan. The captives…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for the Great Lakes Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 E-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION Since November 1996 the number of refugees in Kigoma region has escalated from 50,000 Burundian refugees to 267,000…

Statement by President dos Santos at the First Special Session of the Council of Ministers of the Government of Unity and National Reconciliation Luanda, April 18, 1997 Distinguished Prime Minister Distinguished Members of the National Government It is my…

[Unedited text - not an official record] The Commission on Human Rights, Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, Reaffirming its commitment with regard to respect for the…

ip/97/323 The European Commission has approved a package of humanitarian aid worth ECU 11.8 million for Sudan. The aid, managed by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO), will enable specialist organisations of the United Nations and non-governmental agencies to carry out…

DATE=4/17/97 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-213036 TITLE=BURUNDI SANCTIONS (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS EAST AFRICAN LEADERS HAVE EASED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST BURUNDI BECAUSE, THEY SAY, THE SECURITY SITUATION THERE IS DETERIORATING. AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE ANNOUNCED THEIR DECISION…

A massive migratory locust outbreak in southwestern Madagascar may develop into a major plague unless control operations are expanded quickly, warns FAO's Locust Group. FAO has appealed to the donor community for funds totalling US$2 million to purchase the necessary…