Reports

DATE=10/16/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204661 TITLE=SOMALIA CEASEFIRE REACT (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: INTERNATIONAL AID AGENCIES SAY THEY ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT TUESDAY OF A CEASE-FIRE IN SOMALIA. BUT AS V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS, THE AGENCIES WILL NOT RESUME NON-VITAL ASSISTANCE UNTIL A WOUNDED AID…

NGOS RETURN TO AKOBO... Six staff of the OLS NGOs MSF-Belgium and ACROSS returned to Akobo on 13 October after a precautionary absence of more than one month due to insecurity. MSF- Belgium will resume their Expanded Programme of Immunization…

Some of you have asked about media reports from the region regarding an attack on UN premises in Pakelle, northern Uganda, on Monday. What we know so far is: Unidentified armed men on Monday attacked UNHCR's office and staff…

1. Introduction and Objective The long rainy season in the Ethiopian highlands brought this year a great amount of water causing rivers to swell and to flood certain areas in different parts of the country. In Gambella People's Regional State…

KAMPALA, Uganda (PANA) - Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have killed four people, including a Ugandan army captain, and burnt 14 motor vehicles used by the United Nations and Lutheran World Federation in an attack Monday in…

The Burundi and Rwandan refugees who fled Runingo camp in eastern Zaire's Uvira region are returning to the camp after order was restored following an attack on Sunday. With the restoration of order, UNHCR plans to resume its activities…

DATE=10/15/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-204629 TITLE=SOMALIA CEASEFIRE (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: SOMALIA'S THREE MAIN FACTION LEADERS HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A NEW CEASE-FIRE. V-O-A'S SCOTT STEARNS REPORTS THE DEAL WAS REACHED TUESDAY DURING NEGOTIATIONS IN THE KENYAN CAPITAL OF NAIROBI. TEXT: FACTION LEADERS AGREED TO AN…

CONTENTS 1. Chronology 2. Mapourdit school re-opens 3. Sudanese begin training in Kenya 1. Chronology September 19: A military court in Sudan is currently trying a group of soldiers and civilians accused of attempting a coup against the regime…

08 - 15 Oct 1996 Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0422 The Burundian government reacted angrily to the12 October decision by neighboring countries to maintain economic sanctions against Burundi. Despite the Buyoya regime's hopes that recent measures to reinstate parliament and allow the…