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LUANDA (Sept. 13) XINHUA - Representatives of the Angolan civil war refugees currently sheltered in Namibia have urged the Luanda government to provide aid to improve their plight, said reports issued by the Portuguese Lusa news agency reaching here…

Background At the beginning of June the Government of Kenya launched its second appeal for global humanitarian aid. The current situation has been declared a 'national disaster'. With a majority of Kenya's power coming from Hydro-Electric-Power schemes the drought continues to…

The United Nations today began deploying the first of 46 military observers to Eritrea and Ethiopia, as part of its mission in the two countries. "We just spoke with the Mission which confirmed the arrivals of seven military observers --…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 E-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RDC : 'Aucun progrès' dans la médiation, selon Masire Une délégation du bureau de la facilitation pour le dialogue…

Luanda Some 13,000 Angolan refugees in Namibia's Cavango region have formally asked the Angolan consulate at Rundu to take them home. The Angolan Consul in Cavango region, Joao Pempela, was quoted by the national news agency as saying that some 15,000…

SUDAN: Sudanese opposition leader calls for unity In a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) held last week in Eritrea, John Garang, leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), called the NDA "the greatest achievement of the Sudanese people…

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: Masire aide says "no developments" in mediation A delegation from the office of…

ARUSHA, Tanzania Burundian rebel group, CNDD, has blamed the continuing violence in the country on reservations over the 28 August peace agreement. In a statement quoted by the Arusha-based private Hirondelle news agency, the group said "the intensification of the massacres…

Arusha, 12 septembre 2000 (FH) - Les trois petits partis tutsis qui n'ont pas signé l'accord de paix inter-burundais devraient rencontrer le médiateur mercredi, a-t-on appris de bonne source. Les trois partis concernés sont le RADDES, le PIT, et…

JOHANNESBURG, 12 September (IRIN) - The Namibian government has cloaked in secrecy the identities and circumstances of about 100 people rounded up in the country's northeastern Kavango region for allegedly being sympathisers of Angola's UNITA rebel movement. 'The Namibian' reported…