Burundi
By Mark Dodd NAIROBI, June 12 (Reuter) - Several international aid groups owed on Wednesday to stay on in war-torn Burundi despite the evacuation of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff following the killing of three of their…
Liberia
By Harry Mouzalas MONROVIA, June 11 (Reuter) - Ethnic Krahn fighters agreed on Tuesday to disarm and leave an army barracks at the centre of recent fighting in Liberia's six-year-old civil war, a statement by the Krahn's ULIMO-J militia said.…
Burundi
By Christian Jennings BUJUMBURA, June 11 (Reuter) - The last eight foreign staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) left Burundi on Tuesday in the latest of a series of evacuations amid growing insecurity. The eight Swiss ICRC…
Liberia
In an unprecedented move, Oxfam, along with 12 other aid agencies, has reluctantly refused to re-establish a major humanitarian operation in war-torn Liberia until security improves enough to allow the safe delivery of desperately needed aid. Despite the grave plight…
Liberia
ABIDJAN, June 11 (Reuter) International aid organisations said on Tuesday they had agreed to limit operations in Liberia to prevent their resources from being used by the country's warring factions to prolong a six-year-old conflict. Jim Mason of Lutheran World…
Liberia
26 May - 1 June 1996 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 SUMMARY ECOMOG TROOPS CONTINUE TO DEPLOY…
Liberia
5-9 June 1996 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 SUMMARY NOTE: THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT WILL NOW BE…
Rwanda
B. EAST AFRICA: REGIONAL OPERATION FOR BURUNDI, RWANDA, ZAIRE AND TANZANIA1. General a) Rwanda/Burundi Regional Emergency Situation Report dated 30 May 1996 now available from the Eastern Africa Bureau, WFP. b) Food shortfalls for the Regional operation for…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DATE=6/7/96 TITLE=ZAIRE / ETHNIC CLEANSING (L) BYLINE=MAXIM KNIAZKOV DATELINE=WASHINGTON INTRO: A U-S HUMANITARIAN GROUP SAYS IT WANTS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO WHAT IT SEES AS A LARGE-SCALE ETHNIC CLEANSING CAMPAIGN UNDER WAY IN AFRICA. THE SCENE IS EASTERN ZAIRE. THE U-S COMMITTEE FOR…
Rwanda
The material that follows has been provided byCrosslines While the recriminations fly about the failure of the international community to prevent the panic exodus of Rwandans, it is also time to reflect on what can be done for future emergencies.…
