Reports

Bujumbura, Burundi Cinq personnes ont été tuées et cinq autres blessées par les rebelles burundais dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi, en commune Bukemba dans la province de Rutana (sud-est du Burundi). D'après le porte-parole suppléant de l'armée Burundaise,…

NAIROBI (Sept. 9) XINHUA - The famine situation in Kenya is still severe and persistent with at least 3.3 million people being directly affected, the People daily reported Saturday. The newspaper quoted Kenya's National Drought Response Committee Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta…

NAIROBI, Kenya Egypt Friday gave a donation of 870,000 shillings (about 11,500 US dollars) to the World Food Programme's emergency operation to help alleviate the plight of more than three million drought- afflicted people in Kenya. The cheque was presented…

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: Kabila reshuffles cabinet Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent-Desire Kabila has reshuffled his…

Brussels, 8 September 2000, 10912/00 (Presse 294), 127/00 The European Union hopes that the election of Mr Abdulkassim Salat Hassan as President of Somalia by the National Transitional Assembly meeting in Arta will contribute to the restoration of the State, to…

Albertien van der Veen, nutritionist, WHO/ORHC 1. Background The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the food and nutrition situation in South Wollo, Amhara Region, the humanitarian response in the area thus far, to…

Toutefois, nos équipes restent vigilantes face à l'émergence de nouvelles crises alimentaires. La mission exploratoire En avril 2000, Médecins Sans Frontières a réalisé une évaluation des besoins nutritionnels dans la région de Gode, dans l'Ogaden, vaste district au sud est de…

Relief Intervention by the Joint Relief Partnership (JRP) (Supported by the ACT and CARITAS Networks) Geneva, 8 September, 2000 Reported as of September 5, 2000, JRP Information Desk, Addis Ababa JRP Executive members: Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) Ethiopian Catholic Church (ECC) Ethiopian Evangelical…

The Current Situation Recent updates from Oxfam's staff in the region report that it is now raining in Ethiopia. Conditions have improved in some areas as a result, as pasture has recovered and hopes for the next harvest have been…

ANGOLA: Increase in displaced In its latest situation report, for the period 30 August-6 September, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said August marked the highest number of IDPs arriving in Luena, the capital of the eastern Moxico province, since…