Reports

NAIROBI, 4 September (IRIN) - John Garang, Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) chairman and leader of its army, cited the items on the agenda and a two-track peace initiative as the main reasons for the stalling of the peace…

SOMALIA: Faction leaders condemn new interim authority Faction leaders in Somalia opposed to the newly elected interim authority have called for new peace talks in which they should lead the process, the independent daily 'Xog Ogaal' reported on Monday. It 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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Kabila reshuffles cabinet Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent-Desire Kabila has reshuffled his…

Stepped up-GoS aerial bombardment of civilians and humanitarian targets Aerial bombardment of civilians by the Government of Sudan (GoS) escalated during July with at least 250 bombs dropped in more than 33 incidents. At the end of the month, five…

Trois civils ont été tués et cinq autres blessés dans une attaque lancée lundi matin par la rébellion burundaise, près de Muyanga, sur l'axe routier Mabanda-Nyanza-Lac, au Sud du Burundi, a-t-on appris lundi de source bien informée. Les victimes se…

WINDHOEK, Namibia - International diamond producing countries and representatives of various diamond companies began Monday a two-day workshop on "conflict diamonds," hosted by Namibia's mines and energy ministry. Mines and energy Minister Jesaya Nyamu Monday said the deliberations were important for…

DJIBOUTI, 4 Sept (IRIN) - A 245-strong Transitional National Assembly (TNA), having been elected during the Djibouti-hosted Somali peace talks, then elected a new president, Abdiqasim Salad Hasan, on 26 August. The TNA was elected on a strictly clan…

RUNDU, 4 September (IRIN) - Continued insecurity in Namibia's northern Kavango region has taken its toll on the tourism-dependant local economy. Along the Kavango river border with Angola, a number of guest lodges have closed, and others are operating on skeleton…

ARTA, Djibouti 4 September (IRIN) - Abdallah Derow Isaak was secretary-general of the Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA), based in the Bay and Bakool regions, until he was elected by cross-clan ballot as the Speaker of the new 245-strong Transitional…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci GUINEA: Attack on border village reported Authorities in Guinea have accused armed men allegedly based in Liberia of attacking a…