Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 5 September (IRIN) - Heavy fighting in Angola's eastern province of Moxico is worsening an already dire humanitarian situation, aid groups have warned. There are over 79,000 confirmed internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Moxico, mostly crowded around the provincial capital,…

NAMIBIA: Conflict diamonds meeting "positive" A two-day workshop on "conflict diamonds" in Namibia involving producer countries and diamond companies was described as "very positive" by an NGO observer. "The major issues discussed was the problem of conflict diamonds and solutions," the…

Bujumbura Deux civils ont été tués et deux autres blessés par des bandes armées, la nuit dernière, au quartier Mutakura dans la zone de Cibitoke, au nord de la capitale burundaise. D'apres le chef de la zone Cibitoke, M. Janvier…

Harare_(dpa) _ Two people have died and 23 are in hospital following an outbreak of cholera, the highly contagious diarrhoeal disease, in one of Harare's crowded townships, health officials said Thursday. The outbreak occurred on Monday in Chitungwiza, a dormitory township…

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…

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…