Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 6 September (IRIN) - Bureaucratic confusion between an elite South African police unit the Scorpions and the Department of Home Affairs has resulted in the mistaken release of a Rwandan bishop who is wanted in his country on…

UGANDA: Over 37 people feared dead as boat capsizes in north Over 37 people were feared dead when a large canoe they were travelling in capsized in Lake Albert in northern Ugandan, news reports said. A report on Ugandan radio on…

Highlights: The security situation throughout the country remains volatile and tense. Launching of the Portuguese version of the Progress of Nations Report on 18 August. Substantial influxes of internally displaced persons continue in Kuito, Bie Province. Over 2.6 million internally displaced persons…

CPE September 5, 2000 Introduction and Background One of Citizens for Peace in Eritrea's (CPE) main roles is the promotion of peace and understanding not only between the peoples of Eritrea and Ethiopia but among all the peoples of…

DAR ES SALAAM (Sept. 5) XINHUA - Tanzania reaffirmed Tuesday that remission of import duty payable by importers of maize grains will continue up to December this year in a bid to ease the ongoing food shortage in some…

SOMALIA: Somaliland detains newly elected MP The authorities in the self-ruled northwest territory of Somaliland have reportedly arrested a newly elected member of parliament (MP) serving with the country's Transitional National Assembly (TNA) and charged him with treason. According to a…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Quoted text from this briefing note may be attributed to the UNHCR spokesperson named below Kris Janowski - Public…

JOHANNESBURG, 5 September (IRIN) - Critically under-funded, the World Food Programme (WFP) is struggling to provide assistance to ever-increasing numbers of needy Angolans affected by the country's civil war. WFP's operations are only 51 percent funded and, "at current levels WFP…

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: Renewed violence hits Burundi Barely a week after the signing of the Arusha peace accord, renewed…

WASHINGTON (September 5, 2000) -- Ending the violence, allowing greater access to the victims of conflict, and increasing foreign aid from wealthy nations are among the initial recommendations of two U.S. bishops who returned last week from a fact-finding…