Reports

Framework agreement for peace in Burundi signed White House National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on August 28 characterized the signing of a framework agreement by 14 of 19 parties to peace talks in Arusha, Tanzania, as "an important step in an…

Hundreds of thousands of Eritreans fled their homes during May and early June when Ethiopia launched a military offensive that defeated Eritrean troops and forced an apparent end to a bloody two-year border war between the two countries. The two…

Somalia's chaotic civil war and sense of pervasive lawlessness moved into its twelfth year in early 2000. During the first half of the year, thousands of newly displaced Somalis descended on the capital, Mogadishu; gunfights in Mogadishu and at other…

Peace negotiations accelerated in Burundi under the aggressive mediation efforts of former South African president Nelson Mandela during the first half of the year, but combatants were unable to meet Mandela's goal of achieving a peace agreement by July…

Nairobi, August 27, 2000 - Somali nationals living in Kenya were Sunday celebrating the victory of their country's president-elect, Abdukassim Salat Hassan, with pomp. They poured onto the streets of Nairobi's middle- class suburb singing their national anthem amid loud…

Highlights Meningitis cases reported in Cubal (Benguela) Joint mission assesses humanitarian conditions in Golungo Alto (Kwanza Norte) Seven to eight children reported dying each day in Luau (Moxico) 14 transit centres closed in Caála (Huambo) General Humanitarian Situation and Assistance Benguela Province: MINSA and the Delegation…

Arusha, August 28, 2000 - President Bill Clinton and a handful of African leaders are headed for Arusha, Tanzania, Monday, to witness the signing of peace accord among warring Burundian factions. The chief mediator and former South African president, Nelson Mandela,…

ARTA, Djibouti, 26 August (IRIN) After a night of voting, Somalia's new interim parliament, the Transitional National Assembly (TNA), on Saturday elected the veteran politician, Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, the country's new president. The following is an IRIN profile of the…

ARTA, Djibouti, 26 August (IRIN) Somalia's interim parliament, the Transitional National Assembly (TNA), on Saturday elected Abdiqassim Salad Hassan, 58, a former government minister and member of the Hawiye clan, as the country's first president in nearly a decade. His victory…

Summary Population movements are the main issue this week. There are new internal population movements from near the Ethiopian border requiring the estab-lish of a new camp. At the same time, ERREC state the total number of refugees who went…