Sudan
Relief assistance continues in Pochalla...Displaced kits, donated by World Vision International, have been distributed to flood- affected families in the Pochalla area since flight clearance to the area was received in October. On 26 October, a UNICEF project officer reported:…
Uganda
News Service 197/96 AI INDEX: AFR 59/04/96 Amnesty International today strongly condemned the recent abduction of schoolgirls by the northern Ugandan armed opposition Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and called on the group to immediately release all captives. Thirty schoolgirls abducted on 9…
Burundi
Nairobi - A showdown appears to be in the offing between Burundi's military junta and East African regional leaders following the junta's call on October 14 for the lifting of an economic embargo imposed on the war-torn central African…
Sudan
HORN OF AFRICA Good Rains and Harvests in the Horn of Africa Rainfall was good in the Horn of Africa during the main 1996 growing season, despite a late start in some areas. Harvest prospects are good in Ethiopia, Somalia, and…
Burundi
From Ferdinand Bigumandondera; PANA Correspondent BUJUMBURA, Burundi (PANA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross says it will not return to Burundi until the killing of three of its personnel has been fully investigated, an official said. "We asked for…
Burundi
Bujumbura - The following Press Release has been received from the Office of the Regional Chairman of the Sanctions Coordinating Committee in Nairobi: In response to the Arusha III Summit meeting concern over the fate of internally displaced persons under…
Rwanda
September 1996 This report has been prepared by the Office of the Resident Coordinator, Kigali, Rwanda If you have any queries or would like to receive more information on the situation in Rwanda, please contact the Department of…
Sudan
KHARTOUM, Sudan (PANA) - A special envoy of the United Nations secretary general is in Sudan to discuss with the authorities the implementation of U.N. security resolution demanding Khartoum to extradite three Egyptians accused of attempting to kill President Hosni…
