Reports

From Ghion Hagos; PANA Staff Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Organization of African Unity and the Eurpoean Union (EU) say they want greater international effort to contain the conflict in the Greater Lakes region of Africa. This call was…

*97012904.AAF (1/29 statement by Nicholas Burns) (390) WASHINGTON -- State Department Spokesman Nicholas Burns announced January 29 that President Clinton has authorized the use of up to $38 million from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund "to meet the…

The World Food Programme announced Wednesday a US$ 19.4 million food aid operation for Sierra Leone primarily aimed at encouraging the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of people displaced by civil war over the past six years. WFP, the United…

23 to 29 January 1997 The information contained in this report was provided by the Office of the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Operational Activities in Liberia UN Agencies, International Organisations and NGOs REPORTING PERIOD HIGHLIGHTS On 29 January,…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No. 89 on the Great Lakes (Wednesday 29 January 1997) - Zaire said today that several thousand Ugandan soldiers had invaded eastern…

New York, January 29, 1997 -- "The need for continued humanitarian assistance to innocent victims of the nearly seven year Liberian civil war cannot be over-emphasized," according to Edward T. Yarkpazu, a Lutheran World Federation worker in Liberia. During the troubled…

Eastern Zaire: Tingi-Tingi: Here are the latest figures regarding deaths of refugees in Tingi-Tingi: DAY TOTAL Children under 5 years + 5 years 23 27 12 15 24 19 12 7 25 21 11 10 26 36 24 12 103 59 44 As of 26/1, there were 231 cases of cholera, with 5 people dead; there are around 15 to 25 new cases…

*97013002.AAF (U.N. reports upsurge in violence, forced relocations) (450) By Wendy Lubetkin USIA European Correspondent GENEVA -- More than 1,000 people were killed by the Burundi military in a series of incidents during the upsurge of violence over the past two months, according…

*97012804.AAF (FR) (Sahnoun says tragedy continues) (630) By Judy Aita USIA United Nations Correspondent UNITED NATIONS -- The special international envoy to the Great Lakes region said that he will try to initiate a political dialogue between the warring factions in Zaire and he…

UNITED NATIONS Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org IRIN Emergency Update No.88 on the Great Lakes (Tuesday 28 January 1997) - As fighting continues in eastern Zaire, ministers from six African states and…