Reports

Rectification: Two errors were made in the last report regarding the status and activities of Action Contre la Faim. First, it was incorrectly reported that Action Contre la Faim was terminating its nutrition programmes in the refugee camps due to…

This is number 8 in a series of weekly reports from IRIN on general developments in the Great Lakes region. Sources for the information below include UN, NGO, ICRC and media reports. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit…

Rising violence in Burundi has brought fears of a genocide to rival Rwanda's in 1994. Neighbouring Tanzania is worried that another refugee flood might suddenly pour over its border. Now, reports Gemini News Service, Tanzanian elder statesman Julius Nyerere has…

EAST AFRICA AND THE HORN Sudan Early in 1996, food insecurity prevails in southern Sudan. An Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) rapid assessment team that recently returned from Eastern Equatoria reports that approximately 75,500 people in the Narus area are in immediate…

Repatriation According to UNHCR, during the month of April, 3,533 refugees returned to Rwanda through UNHCR assistance. This was a decrease of 27% compared to March figures. UNHCR reports that increased intimidation and administrative delays in organising visits by Rwandese Government…

Angola Country Report Structure SITUATION - Under the Unit for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance to Angola (UCAH), the Central Mine Action Office (CMAO), in cooperation with the United Nations Verification Mission to Angola (UNAVEM III), is developing a comprehensive mine…

Overview SITUATION - Jun. 95 - Sudan has a critical problem with land mines because of an ongoing civil war in which both sides continue to lay mines. Most of these mines have been placed in Southern Sudan, the locale…

The ICRC is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Burundi and the circumstances of the civilian population which is being increasingly targeted in the fighting. Ten of the fifteen provinces in the country have been or continue to…

Executive Summary A United States Institute of Peace team spent time in Angola in February to explore how Angolan and international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can promote reconciliation in Angola as part of the postwar peace process. The recommendations the team…

MORNING HR/CERD/96/2 COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS FORTY-NINTH SESSION AT GENEVA Members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concern this morning about ongoing violence in Burundi and urged that the anti-bias panel discuss the situation…