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Sudan

MSF shocked at bombing but remains active in Sudan

Recent bombings have created logistical limitations for MSF teams accessing remote populations MSF staff in Nairobi have expressed shock over the bombing on August 7 of the Mapel town in the Sudan, and said it has made it extremely difficult…

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News and Press Release
Source:
MSF
Posted:
11 Aug 2000

Kenya

Salvation Army launches emergency response to famine in Kenya

KENYA is suffering from what some believe to be the worst drought to hit eastern Africa in a century. More than three million Kenyans face the threat of famine. With no substantial rains for three years, water is scarce…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Salvation Army
Posted:
11 Aug 2000

Sudan

Sudan: Indiscriminate bombing attacks on civilians must stop

AI Index AFR 54/009/2000, News Service Nr. 155 Bombings of civilians by the Sudanese government air planes have resumed since July 2000 in the long running war in Sudan. Amnesty International today condemned these bombings as violations of international humanitarian law…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Amnesty
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

Burundi + 3 more

Bulletin quotidien d'information No. 986 pour la région des Grands Lacs

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 E-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org RDC : Le RCD-Goma va suivre le plan de désengagement rwandais Les rebelles du Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

Angola + 4 more

Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 10 August

ANGOLA: Army claims full control The Angolan army chief of staff, General Joao de Matos, said on Wednesday that the town of Catate on the southeastern outskirts of the capital Luanda was firmly under army control following a dawn raid…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

Eritrea + 1 more

ICRC Decries Deportation of Ethiopians By Eritrea

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - At least five people have died since July after Eritrean authorities deported thousands of Ethiopians in four batches under harsh conditions without the knowledge and involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
PANAPress
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

Mozambique

Mozambique Gets Post-Flood Aid From US, France

MAPUTO, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique and the United States have signed an agreement under which the latter is to disburse 5.5 million US dollars earmarked for the purchase of 23,000 wheat in support of the country's flood affected population. According…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
PANAPress
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

Eritrea + 2 more

Horn and East Africa food crisis: Update 10 Aug 2000

KENYA The international community was criticised by 13 leading aid agencies on Tuesday 8 August in Nairobi for not responding to appeals made by the Kenyan government and the World Food Programme (WFP) for drought-stricken Kenya, where more than three…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Christian Aid
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

Eritrea

Mercy Corps and UNHCR help meet shelter needs in Eritrea

Mercy Corps and UNHCR have joined forces to provide 1,000 complete shelters to displaced Eritrean families in the western Gash-Barka region. Under the agreement, Mercy Corps will contribute wood purchased from local importers and other building materials while UNHCR will…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Mercy Corps
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

Kenya

Kenya: Cattle dying, herders destitute

Eighty percent of Kenya's 30 million people are farmers and pastoralists. For the three million people who live in the arid and semi-arid grazing regions covering over one-half of Kenya, the situation is severe. In Turkana district, in the northwest…

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Other
Source:
RI
Posted:
10 Aug 2000

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