Reports

From SDC Newsletter August 2000 The bloody war between Ethiopia and Eritrea over their common border lasted two years. On June 18 the two neighbours signed a ceasefire agreement in Algiers. The need for humanitarian aid will continue for some…

Drought and war lead aid agency to work in country for first time ATLANTA, Aug. 31, 2000 -- CARE, the international relief and development organization, today announced plans for an emergency relief program in Eritrea, extending the agency's efforts to address…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has informed the Security Council of 19 Member States from around the world which are ready to contribute troops to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE). Meanwhile, a UN spokesman told reporters in New York…

LUANDA, 31 August: - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola today expressed concern over what the UN described as the "alarming humanitarian conditions" in the municipality of Luau, situated in the north east of the province of Moxico, close…

THE Salvation Army International Emergency Services, operating in conjunction with the organisation's East Africa Territorial Headquarters in Kenya, is continuing to bring relief to those affected by famine. An order has been placed for 45,000 emergency family rations. These rations…

FEWS NET/Somalia This report is a joint publication of FSAU and the USAID Famine Early Warning System (FEWS NET) for Somalia. Detailed field information remains available through the FSAU/FEWS offices. HIGHLIGHTS - Following the inter-agency drought assessment carried out in Somaliland in…

A compilation of disaggregated population data in relation to official government (DPPC) relief beneficiary numbers. August 2000. to view the attached tables in pdf format* * Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free)

ARTA, Djibouti, 31 August (IRIN) - Hasan Muhammad Nur "Shatigudud" (Red Shirt), the military leader of the Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA), joined the Djibouti-hosted peace talks as one of Somalia's main "warlords". "Shatigudud" a former colonel who served in the…

ZAMBIA: DRC rebels free 25 Zambian villagers Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have freed 25 Zambian villagers they seized last weekend but the fate of one is unknown, a Zambian minister was quoted in news reports as…

August 2000 INTRODUCTION This is the second of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in…