Reports

Building consensus around the conflicting concepts of State sovereignty and international responsibility would be the focus of the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, Canada's Foreign Minister, Lloyd Axworthy, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this morning. The Commission,…

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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Rebels recapture Dongo The Ugandan-backed Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC) has recaptured the…

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 RDC : Les rebelles reprennent Dongo Le Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC), soutenu par l'Ouganda, a repris…

Recent Sudanese government bombing of airfields while United Nations relief airplanes were on the ground provides "further evidence that Sudan is an unsuitable candidate" for the U.N. Security Council," says State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher. Addressing reporters on the record…

Cong. Wolf testifies before House subcommittee Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on September 13 heard testimony regarding legislation that, if passed, would impose import restrictions on known "conflict diamond areas" in West Africa. The legislation also would implement a process…

As Teresa stands in the doorway of her new house in Congolote, 20 kilometres north of Maputo, she reflects on how her family's life has changed. "We will never go back," she says. "We lost everything. Here we have…

SOMALIA: Interim president denies advocating force to subdue two regions The new interim president, Abdiqasim Salad Hasan, has denied reports that during an interview with Egypt's 'Al-Ahram' newspaper he advocated the use of force against Somaliland and Puntland. Speaking on Toronto's…

ZAMBIA: UNHCR checks new refugee influx UNHCR told IRIN on Wednesday it was checking reports that an estimated 600 Angolan refugees had entered Zambia in the past week from Angola's eastern Moxico province where Angolan government forces have been conducting…

Background Ethiopia ranks third among the world's poorest countries, with a per capita income of US $100. It is also one of the most food insecure countries in the world. Approximately 64% of children under five are…

LUANDA (Sept. 13) XINHUA - Representatives of the Angolan civil war refugees currently sheltered in Namibia have urged the Luanda government to provide aid to improve their plight, said reports issued by the Portuguese Lusa news agency reaching here…