Reports

NAIROBI, 19 Sept (IRIN) - Two United Nations security officers were evacuated from Merka, southern Somalia, on Tuesday after coming under attack by a group of gunmen. The two officers, one British and one Nepalese, were attacked at the…

Nairobi, 19 Sept (IRIN) - Catherine Bertini, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Drought in the Greater Horn of Africa, on Tuesday made an impassioned appeal for increased donor assistance, pointing out that "3.3 million people in Kenya are…

By Jonathan Wright UNITED NATIONS, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Some of the countries in southern Africa will probably vote for Mauritius when it challenges Sudan's claim to the African seat on the U.N. Security Council, a senior U.S. official said…

With pasture and water shortages at their worst in 40 years, Kenya's ongoing drought is having a devastating impact on the pastoral traditions of the Masai tribe who depend on livestock for their living. As Masai farmers migrate away from…

Catherine Bertini, the United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy on Drought in the Greater Horn of Africa, is visiting the two-worst-affected countries Kenya and Ethiopia from 17-23 September. Returning to the region after her initial assessment in April, Bertini will…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Eritrea. A summary is presented below. The complete profile can be accessed at through the Database or sent to you by…

ADDIS ABABA (Sept. 19) XINHUA - Japan has contributed 228,756 U.S. dollars to support the Organization of African Unity (OAU) peacekeeping mission to the borders between Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Japanese embassy said here in a press release available Tuesday that…

SOMALIA: UN security officers attacked by gunmen Two United Nations security officers were evacuated from Merka, southern Somalia, on Tuesday after coming under attack by a group of gunmen. The two officers, one British and one Nepalese, were attacked at the…

By Rosalind Russell NAIROBI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A severe drought has left millions of Kenyans hungry or destitute but the response of the international community has been unenthusiastic, the U.N.'s special envoy to the Horn of Africa said on…

The quick response of donors, United Nations agencies, non-governmental organisations and the Ethiopian government in 1999-2000 has succeeded in avoiding a major crisis, although the situation remains precarious in southern Somali. despite the regular food deliveries and even where supplementary feeding…