Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background A complex emergency is continuing in Somalia for the ninth consecutive year. Since the fall of Siad Barre's dictatorship in 1991, Somalia…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 E-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI : Les partis tutsis vont rencontrer Mandela Les dirigeants des trois partis tutsis minoritaires qui n'avaient pas signé…

NAIROBI (Sept. 11) XINHUA - Kenya is expected to get 450 million U.S. dollars from donors to ease problems arising from drought-related revenue shortfalls, the East African weekly reported Monday. The sum, equivalent to 4 percent of Kenya's gross domestic product,…

Bujumbura, Burundi Deux semaines après la signature d'un accord de paix inter burundais à Arusha (nord de la Tanzanie) par 15 des 19 parties aux négociations, les violences sur le territoire burundais continuent, précisément à l'ouest et à l'est…

The country of Angola, stretching along the central coast of southwestern Africa, is nearly twice the size of Texas and home to 10 million people. Rich in oil and diamonds, the country suffers from decades of war, which has…

Filed by Susan Fallon visiting North Wollo for the Joint Relief Partnership in Ethiopia in late August "The assistance we need is not only at the point when people are dying. Save their life then leave them there, living hand…

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania One of the Tutsi factions that had refused to sign the recent Burundi peace agreement citing irreconcilable differences, did so Monday in Dar es Salaam. The Parti Social Democratique was among a group of six hard-line…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org BURUNDI: Tutsi parties to see Mandela Leaders of the three minority Tutsi parties which did not sign…

KAMPALA (Sept. 11) XINHUA - The United Nations is appealing for 2.1 million U.S. dollars from the international community to support Uganda's efforts to end its current food shortage, the New Vision daily reported on Monday. "The U.N. appeal for…

Arusha, 11 septembre 2000 (FH) - Un nouveau parti tutsi a signé l'accord de paix inter-burundais, a indiqué lundi un porte-parole de la médiation. Le parti concerné est le Parti social démocrate (PSD), a précisé Hashim Mbita à l'agence Hirondelle.…