Reports

For the first time, the General Assembly would take up the issue of diamonds as a catalyst for conflict, Juan Larraín (Chile), Chairman of the Security Council's Angola Sanctions Monitoring Mechanism, told correspondents at a press conference this afternoon.…

The humanitarian situation in Eritrea will now be updated in USAID’s "Eritrea-Humanitarian Crisis" fact sheets as new information becomes available. Information concerning the drought in Ethiopia will now be disseminated in USAID’s "Horn of Africa-Drought" information…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The UN peacekeeping mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) would deploy in October to monitor the cessation of hostilities agreement both neighbours signed in June after more than two years of bloody war, the government press…

Highlights Provincial Planning Workshop held in Luanda Food insecurity reported in Ganda, Benguela Province Joint mission assesses humanitarian needs in Luau, Moxico Province Land distribution to IDPs underway in Uíge Province General Humanitarian Situation and Assistance Provincial Planning Workshop On 4 and 5 September, a Provincial Planning Workshop…

Summary Updated IDP figures are available and reflect the movement of IDPs and camp residents to their homes. As yet it is undecided how to classify all areas of return as not all people have been able…

The World Health Organization (WHO) office in Eritrea would like to inform all UN staff, (resident and visiting), None Governmental Organizations, and other partners that the Ministry of Health of the State of Eritrea has notified an outbreak of…

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…

Khartoum Sudan's Constitutional Court has suspended last week's decision by the Khartoum State Governor Majzoub Khalifa barring women from certain occupations. The court Saturday said it was suspending the governor's decision upon complaints from the Sudanese Women Union and from the…

Nairobi Kenya's Maasai herdsmen, facing severe drought, have driven their cattle to Nairobi in search of grazing land. A survey by PANA has established that Maasai herders, known for temporary structures due to their pastoralist way of life, have pitched…

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,…