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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: MONUC helicopter shot at in eastern DRC A helicopter used by the UN mission in the DRC…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In August 1998, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was plunged into a second war in less than two years. Today, exactly three years later, the country is still embroiled in a complex conflict, the…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesman Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 1. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia A…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 email: irin-wa@irin.ci (du 7 au 13 juillet) AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST: Des armes sont brûlées dans toute la région Plusieurs pays de l'Afrique de l'Ouest ont organisé, cette…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci WEST AFRICA: Weapons burned across the region A number of West African countries conducted symbolic arms destruction ceremonies this week to…

RI Advocates, Veronika Martin and Anne Edgerton will be conducting a humanitarian assessment mission to Tanzania and the Congo. The numerous camps in western Tanzania host more than 500,000 refugees from Burundi, Congo, and Rwanda. Some of these camps have existed…

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in Sierra Leone. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at www.idpproject.org, or the complete…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires - IRIN Pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tél: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 E-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org GRANDS LACS: La politique "à bout de bras" de l'UE est inacceptable, affirme la Belgique…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background Conflict in Burundi has its roots in the division between the Hutu majority, representing 85% of Burundi's total 6.6 million people, and the Tutsi…

Summary: More areas of the DRC are likely to open up to humanitarian aid as a UN troops arrive to implement a two-year-old ceasefire agreement. With demands for food aid set to escalate, WFP urgently requires fresh donations from…