Reports

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…

NAIROBI, 4 September (IRIN) - With the election of a new president after a decade of civil war and anarchy, the UN Coordination Office is expecting to improve humanitarian access. Because of security problems and kidnappings of relief workers,…

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…

Nairobi - Kenya has said that it would repatriate more than 200,000 Somali refugees as soon as a full-fledged government is established in the once war-ravaged Somalia. Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya's foreign affairs minister, Bonaya Godana, said that the presence…

NAMIBIA: Caprivi separatists and UNITA Alleged evidence of collaboration between Angolan UNITA rebels and Namibia's separatist Caprivi Liberation Army (CLA) has been uncovered by the Angolan army (FAA), Namibian security sources told IRIN. When the FAA captured a UNITA base earlier this…

Country: EthiopiaDrought affected: Population: 10,000,000 (revised June appeal; includes approx. 2,000,000 previously considered at risk) Areas : Somali, Oromiya, Tigray, Amhara, Afar Gambella , Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) Affected children under five years: 1,700,000 Pregnant/lactating women: 850,000 Conflict…