Somalia
NAIROBI, Feb 18 (Reuter) - Feuding Somali faction leaders Hussein Aideed and Ali Mahdi Mohamed have united to appeal for donors to provide $100 million for U.N. aid agency operations in Somalia. The office of the U.N. resident coordinator for Somalia…
Sudan
JANUARY - DECEMBER 1997 UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Launched 18 February 1997 OVERVIEW A 13 year civil war continues to degrade the lives of millions of Sudanese. War-affected populations are struggling to cope with the affects of chronic…
Malawi
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR ASSISTANCE 1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Lilongwe reports that the Government of Malawi has issued a communique, appealing for international assistance. 2. Weeks of incessant heavy rains caused serious flooding in southern-most part of Malawi,…
Sudan
A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan. ABUROC BOMBED... Staff of MEDAIR in Aburoc, Upper Nile, reported that some 35 bomblets were dropped on the town on 16 February. The MEDAIR compound was hit by four…
Sudan
January - December 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTSExecutive SummaryA. 1996 in Review1. Overview2. Funding Response to the 1996 Appeal for the Sudan3. United Nations Agency Activities in 1996 3.1 Food and Agricultural Organization 3.2 United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs A.…
Sudan
DHA/97/4 Genève -- (Département des Affaires Humanitaires) -- Alors que les hostilités se poursuivent au Soudan, les Nations Unies lancent aujourd'hui un appel pour un montant de US $ 120,8 millions afin de couvrir les besoins humanitaires d'urgence de quelque 4,2…
Somalia
About 200 Somali refugees returned to northwest Somalia Tuesday at the start of UNHCRs voluntary repatriation for 290,000 of them in Ethiopia. The refugees, consisting of 35 families, boarded six buses from Teferi Ber camp outside of the northeastern town of…
Burundi
BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - The rehabilitation of victims of the civil war which has been raging in Burundi for three years will cost an estimated 54 billion Burundian francs (271 BF = 1 USD), according to a three-year plan…
Malawi
Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0064 Alert for International Assistance 1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Lilongwe reports that recent heavy rains have caused severe flooding in southern Malawi. The regions most seriously hit are Chikwawa and Nsanje, while Mangochi and Ntcheu have…
Sudan
Chronology Jan. 16: The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) said today a joint rebel force had captured another Sudanese army garrison - Gadamyeeb - north-east of the town of Kassala as Khartoum declared an Islamic "holy war" to counter advancing…
