Reports

A compilation of disaggregated population data in relation to official government (DPPC) relief beneficiary numbers. August 2000. to view the attached tables in pdf format* * Get Adobe Acrobat Viewer (free)

ARTA, Djibouti, 31 August (IRIN) - Hasan Muhammad Nur "Shatigudud" (Red Shirt), the military leader of the Rahanwein Resistance Army (RRA), joined the Djibouti-hosted peace talks as one of Somalia's main "warlords". "Shatigudud" a former colonel who served in the…

ZAMBIA: DRC rebels free 25 Zambian villagers Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have freed 25 Zambian villagers they seized last weekend but the fate of one is unknown, a Zambian minister was quoted in news reports as…

August 2000 INTRODUCTION This is the second of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in…

LUANDA, 31 August: - The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Angola today welcomed the action taken by the Provincial Government of Huambo Province in facilitating over recent days the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from…

Summary The long-rains season has concluded in the severely drought-affected pastoral, agropastoral and marginal agricultural areas. Although rainfall was fairly heavy during May and June in the western areas of the country, the 2000 long-rains season was…

Nine hundred and fifty thousand people, including an estimated 190,000 children under five years old, are in need of humanitarian assistance. According to the Government of Mozambique, the official death toll is 699 people. Massive amounts of fertile farmland and crops…

ZAMBIA-ANGOLA: Zambia broke diplomatic protocols - Angolan FM Angola has accused Zambia of breaking diplomatic protocols by publicly announcing that two Angolan bombs were dropped on Zambian territory, news reports said on Wednesday. "We are not sure that's entirely what happened," Angolan…

Information update A United Nations consultant is working with the INGC to reformulate the INGC's programme on the reduction of vulnerability to natural disasters in Mozambique. The components of the programme include mine clearance, as well as water management. The…

Summary The cumulative effects of below-average precipitation from vuli and masika season rains in the bimodal regions and seasonal rains in the unimodal regions adversely affected crops. Consequently, there are reduced expectations for the harvest of both…