Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 19 September (IRIN) - Hundreds of Angolan refugees have crossed into neighbouring Zambia in recent days, UNHCR told IRIN on Tuesday. "Since last week Wednesday we have seen 321 Angolan refugees enter Zambia," Kelvin Shimo UNHCR's spokesman in Lusaka said.…

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: Museveni, Buyoya call for ceasefire Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, the chairman of the regional initiative on the…

Background: In the vulnerable northern zones in the Mairie of Bujumbura, Burundi, the Dutch Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (DRA) undertakes a programme of Peace Reconciliation and Community Development. The zones of intervention, Kinama, Kamengé, Cibitoke, Butereri and Gihosha plus the two…

Selon plusieurs organisations, partenaires du Secours Catholique au Sud-Soudan, lundi 18 septembre dans la matinée, un avion du gouvernement de Kartoum a largué 12 bombes sur le village de Narus au Sud-Soudan (45 km de la frontière kenyane). Ce…

Two United Nations security officers have been evacuated from a city in southern Somalia after armed gunmen attacked the World Health Organization (WHO) compound where they were staying, a UN spokesman announced today. The two officers were in the city…

ANGOLA: Humanitarian situation precarious in Bie The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Luanda warned in its latest situation report that humanitarian conditions in the central highland province of Bie remain precarious. "The deteriorating condition of the airstrip…

SUDAN: Students protest against military service Violent clashes rocked Sudan for the third time in less than 10 days on Sunday when students rioted in Kosti, a strategic railhead 280 km south of Khartoum, and capital of White Nile State. Students…

Since June, the number of people affected by Ethiopia's worst drought since the 1984/85 famine has risen to 10 million. Herders are generally considered the worst affected in the farming community as the lack of food and…

Ethiopia Drought conditions, food shortages, sporadic rainfall and the deterioration of the land continue to plague the lives of many in Ethiopia. In North Wollo, the people are mainly subsistence farmers, who for the past three years have had little…

Civilians in Burundi are fleeing violence that has escalated in past weeks despite the signing of the peace accord on 28 August. Although most parties involved in the conflict - except the two main rebel Hutu groups - have…