Reports

JOHANNESBURG, 8 September (IRIN) - A ministerial meeting of diamond producing countries is due to take place in South Africa later this month as a step towards creating an international system of certification to stamp out the trade in…

NAIROBI, 8 Sept (IRIN) - Roman Urasa, the UNHCR representative in Khartoum, met with Sudanese government officials on Thursday to discuss the plight of Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees remaining in Sudan. During the two-year long border conflict between Ethiopia…

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: Over 84,000 refugees in Republic of Congo More than 84,000 Congolese refugees have crossed…

NAIROBI, 8 Sept (IRIN) - Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad, leader of Puntland in northeast Somalia, and the Mogadishu faction leader Husayn Muhammad Aydid have reportedly reached an agreement to oppose the new interim government elected at peace talks last month in…

JOHANNESBURG, 8 September (IRIN) - Tension between Angola and Zambia has risen sharply this year. An Angolan government offensive against UNITA rebels in eastern Angola has sent 30,000 refugees fleeing across the border, while cross-border banditry allegedly committed by both…

(Washington, September 8, 2000) Human Rights Watch today condemned the ban imposed on September 3, 2000, by the Governor of the State of Khartoum and former minister of social planning, Mr. Mazjoub al-Khalifa, that prevents women from working in…

Peace Agreement signed First step in long negotiation process The signing of an accord on 28 August to bring peace to Burundi allows concrete negotiations to start. Yet the implementation of the power-sharing deal calls for a renewed commitment by all parties. The…

The Burundi Government's main concern was to reach agreement with the armed opposition to end the civil war between the army and rebel forces by 20 September, Séverin Ntahomvukiye, that country's Minister for External Relations and Cooperation, said at…

by War Child Kosovo 08/09/2000 Kosovo The Safe Play Area Programme - War Child is working in co-operation with KFOR, other NGOs and local people to create safe play areas for children throughout Kosovo. Many sports facilities and playgrounds lie in ruins…

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…