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Somalia

Somalia: Two Action Against Hunger Relief Workers Held Hostage in Mogadishu

Wednesday, July 26th, 2000 During early morning on Wednesday, several unidentified armed men forced their way into the residence home of Action Contre la Faim ( the organisation’s French head office managing relief operations in Somalia) relief…

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News and Press Release
Source:
ACF
Posted:
26 Jul 2000

Eritrea + 3 more

IRIN Horn of Africa Update, 25 July

ERITREA: 95,000 Eritreans returning home An operation began on Tuesday to repatriate 95,000 Eritreans who fled to neighbouring Sudan when the Ethiopian-Eritrean border war flared up again in May this year. A UNHCR spokeswoman in Asmara, Simone Wolken, told IRIN that the…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Angola + 1 more

Angola-DR Congo: More Angolan refugees enter DRC

JOHANNESBURG, 25 July (IRIN) - Roughly 200 Angolans a day are fleeing the insecure northern province of Lunda Norte into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond said in Geneva on Tuesday. The refugees, escaping fighting between Angolan…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Eritrea

Aide humanitaire à l'Erythrée: juillet 2000

Déclaration du Porte-parole du Quai d'Orsay (Paris, 25 juillet 2000) Vous avez noté hier le communiqué qui a été diffusé suite à l'entretien de M. Charles Josselin (voir ci-après), ministre délégué à la Coopération et à la Francophonie, avec l'ambassadeur d'Erythrée, M.…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Govt. France
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Eritrea

Displaced Eritreans returning home

MSF asked to assist with creation of returnee camps Since the end of the fighting with Ethiopia, Eritreans are returning to their homes in the villages or to their former camps. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) is…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
MSF
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Uganda

115 People Die of Hunger in Uganda

KAMPALA (July 25) XINHUA - Some 115 people in Karamoja in the northeastern region of Uganda have died of hunger since June, the New Vision daily reported Tuesday. The World Food Program (WFP) has increased relief rations in Karamoja as…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Xinhua
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Burundi + 3 more

IRIN Update 974 for the Great Lakes

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 DRC: Kabila causes UN to put peacekeepers on hold The UN on Monday announced that it had postponed…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Mozambique

Mozambique gets 20 Million Dollars for Reconstruction

MAPUTO, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique and the Netherlands have signed an agreement under which the latter will disburse 20 million US dollars for reconstruction of infrastructure damaged by floods in the country. At a donors conference in May in Rome on…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
PANAPress
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Ethiopia

Rains ease Power Blackout in Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new power rationing schedule in Ethiopia comes into effect Wednesday, with a 14-hour total blackout every fourth day, Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation has announced. Previously, power supply was cut every third day since mid-June due…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
PANAPress
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

Mozambique

Mozambique floods: Denmark to disburse 10 million US dollars

Maputo (AIM) - The Mozambican and Dannish governments have signed an agreement under which Denmark is to disburse 10 million US dollars intended for the Mozambique's post-flood reconstruction. According to a Mozambican Foreign Affairs Ministry press release issued on Tuesday to…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
AIM
Posted:
25 Jul 2000

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