Reports

Highlights In June, low river levels are causing concern for irrigated production. Although the level of Shabelle River was sufficiently high to allow gravity irrigation, farmers in Hiran and Upper parts of Middle Shabelle region were using…

NAIROBI, 30 August (IRIN) - The newly elected president of Somalia, Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, arrived in the capital, Mogadishu, to an ecstatic welcome on Wednesday morning from the public and a show of support from militiamen previously allied to…

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 BURUNDI: Annan praises Arusha deal UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has welcomed the agreement reached on 28 August…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2000/0165 OCHA Situation Report No. 6 Madagascar - Cyclone "Hudah" 30 August 2000 From the UN Resident Coordinator's office Situation This report summarizes the information on the impact of three cyclones, Eline, Gloria and Hudah, as well as subsequent flooding in…

General situation Under the new facilitator, Nelson Mandela, the Arusha peace process seems to have gained new and much-needed momentum. After two years of talks, for the first time ever armed rebel movements, which have so far…

ZAMBIA-DRC: Rebels demand money to release Zambians Suspected Congolese rebels who abducted 26 Zambians in the northern border town of Kaputa are now demanding an undisclosed amount of money for their release to safety. Peter Machungwa, the Zambian home affairs minister said…

MOGADISHU (Aug. 29) XINHUA - At least 26 people were killed and more than 20 others wounded in three separate armed confrontations in the past two days in Jowhar town, 90 kilometers north of Mogadishu, Somalia. The first confrontation started…

SOMALIA: Annan says new administration must be viable UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the inauguration of a new president in Somalia marked an "important milestone" in the endeavour to reestablish the country as a member of the community of nations.…

Tripoli, Libya - Libya's minister for African affairs, Ali Triki, and the Egyptian foreign minister, Amr Moussa, are to meet with Sudanese government officials in September to re-launch their efforts to broker national reconciliation in the civil-war rocked country. According to…

Lusaka, Zambia, August 29, 2000 - A UN special envoy on Africa, Ibrahim Gambari Tuesday strongly condemned Monday's shelling of Zambia's north-western border area with Angola. He called on the international community to direct all efforts at ending the war…