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21 Dec 2000

Eritrea + 15 others
At year's end, some 28 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa face severe food shortages mostly because of the drought and civil strife

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
Rome, 21 December 2000 - Some 28 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are facing severe food shortages as serious food supply problems persist in a number of countries, mainly because of prolonged drought and civil strife, according to a report released today by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The situation is most critical in eastern Africa, where 20 million people face serious food shortages that will require continued food aid well into 2001.
The
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21 Dec 2000

Eritrea + 15 others
FAO/GIEWS Africa Report No. 3 - Dec 2000

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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INTRODUCTION
This is the last 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 sub-Saharan Africa. The report is designed to provide the latest analysis and information on the food situation in these countries to governments, international organizations and other institutions engaged in relief operations.

Part I focuses on the persistent severe food supply difficulties in eastern Africa, where an estimated 20 million

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15 Dec 2000

Afghanistan + 7 others
UNHCR Briefing Notes: Guinea, Djibouti, Afghanistan/Tajikistan, European Parliament supports UNHCR

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokeswoman Delphine Marie (to whom quoted text may be attributed) at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
1. Guinea

UNHCR has learned from the local authorities in Kissidougou in southwestern Guinea that between 7,000 and 8,000 refugees have arrived in the town, fleeing surrounding areas. The local authorities have requested that the refugees be transferred to the nearby Massakoundou camp which is already hosting some 24,000 refugees.

Reports indicate that arrivals of refugees

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11 Dec 2000

Djibouti + 4 others
Horn of Africa: IRIN Update, 11 December

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— IRIN
SUDAN: Mosque shooting incident leaves 20 dead
On Friday evening, a group of worshippers praying at a mosque in Al-Jarrafah village in Kariri Province, north of Omdurman, were subjected to automatic fire, which killed 20 of them and wounded about 40 others, according to Sudanese television reporting the incident the same evening. The report quoted two eyewitnesses, one of the congregation and a policemen, as saying there had been several attackers. The policeman, Amin Idris Umar, described them as "wearing black caftans
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11 Dec 2000

Djibouti + 4 others
The elimination of food insecurity in the Horn of Africa : A strategy for concerted government and UN agency action

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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Food insecurity in the Horn of Africa

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are undernourished and at risk of famine. They suffer drought, conflict, a weak infrastructure and a limited livelihood base. But if the people and governments of the region are committed to working together, along with international nongovernmental organizations, they should be able to take far-reaching measures that ensure longterm food security.

THE SCALE AND IMPACT OF FOOD INSECURITY

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08 Dec 2000

Djibouti + 6 others
Horn of Africa: IRIN Weekly Round-up 14 covering the period 2 - 8 Dec 2000

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for Central and Eastern Africa
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DJIBOUTI: Calm restored after police rebellion

Calm has returned to Djibouti after two people were killed and six injured in a stand-off between police rebels and the army. Police loyal to dismissed police chief General Yacin Yabeh Gaab took control of the government radio and television station on Thursday,

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06 Dec 2000

Ethiopia + 6 others
Horn of Africa Review Oct-Nov 2000

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— UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia
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REGIONAL ISSUES
FAO and Italy appeal for US $2 million dollars: On November 29 the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Italy appealed for US $2 million for 2001to help 35 million people in 19 countries affected by famine. The appeal aims to decrease vulnerability, restore stability, link relief with sustainable development, mitigate the consequences of crises and prevent their re-occurrence. The countries to benefit from the appeal are Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, the
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05 Dec 2000

Afghanistan + 15 others
UN Conference calls for additional efforts to address desertification and drought worldwide

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— UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Bonn, 5 December 2000 - "We are ready to see if progress has been achieved in combating desertification worldwide", said today Mr. Hama Arba Diallo, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), few days before the opening of the fourth session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP-4), from 11-22 December in Bonn, Germany.
About 2,000 delegates from over 170 countries are expected to arrive in Bonn to attend the Conference, including Heads of State and of Government, ministers, representatives of intergovernmental
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27 Nov 2000

Colombia + 13 others
Concluding Debate on Strengthening Coordination of UN Relief Assistance; Assembly Adopts Two Related Drafts Without Vote

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— UN General Assembly


GA/9832
Continuing its debate on strengthening the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, the General Assembly this afternoon adopted, without a vote, a resolution on international cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region (Kazakhstan). By the terms of that text, it stressed the need for extra efforts in solving problems with regard to the region and its population.

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22 Nov 2000

Djibouti + 4 others
Horn of Africa: IRIN Update, 22 November

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— IRIN
SUDAN: Government cancels diplomats visas
The Sudanese government said it had barred the US charge d'affaires from entering the country in protest at a visit by US Assistant Secretary of State of African Affairs Susan Rice to southern Sudan. Foreign Minister Mustafa Ismail said Rice had visited southern Sudan from Nairobi without obtaining an official permit from the Khartoum government, news agencies reported on Tuesday. The government cancelled multiple entry visas for charge d'affairs Raymond Brown, presently in Nairobi, and other US diplomats, the Sudanese daily Al-Sahafi Al Dawli
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21 Nov 2000

Djibouti + 3 others
Djibouti: Creation of regional landmines centre

Report
— IRIN
DJIBOUTI, 21 November (IRIN) - Djibouti is to create a regional landmine Research and Training Centre to promote the Ottawa Ban Treaty on the elimination of landmines. Representatives from the Djibouti-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and a delegation from Yemen, tasked Djibouti to set up the centre and formulate common regional policies on the issue at the end of a three-day conference.
Djibouti Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah declared at the opening of the conference last Thursday that his government
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17 Nov 2000

Djibouti + 4 others
Horn of Africa: IRIN Weekly Round-up 11 covering the period 11 - 17 Nov 2000

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— IRIN
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

SUDAN: Relief agencies to leave Kassala

The Sudanese government has asked nongovernmental relief organisations to temporarily suspend activities in the eastern border town of Kassala. The state minister of relief, Chol Deng, was reported by the state media as saying the move was necessary for security reasons.

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10 Nov 2000

Djibouti + 4 others
Towards Food security in the Horn of Africa

Report
— World Vision
In the Horn of Africa, around 70 million people live in a constant state of food insecurity and regularly face famine.
According the the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), more than half the people in the Horn survive on less than $1 per day.

The population of the region has doubled since 1974 and continues to grow rapidly. And only 1% of the cultivable land in the region is irrigated, making it extremely vulnerable to droughts.

The FAO and organistions like World Vision are seeking to break this cycle of hunger and poverty, with a strategy

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03 Nov 2000

Djibouti + 5 others
Horn of Africa: IRIN Weekly Round-up 9 covering the period 28 Oct - 3 Nov 2000

Report
— IRIN
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

SUDAN: Government again accused of bombing civilians

The government bombing of civilian targets in Eastern Equatoria in southern Sudan was having "devastating effects on traumatised local people", the Roman Catholic Church stated on Wednesday. Those worst affected were children, who now fled at the sight

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30 Oct 2000

Djibouti + 5 others
IRIN Horn of Africa Update, 30 October

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— IRIN
HORN OF AFRICA: Eritrea says "little progress" in Algiers
The Eritrean foreign ministry said on Saturday that little progress had been made in the latest Ethiopian-Eritrean peace talks in Algeria, and expressed doubt over Ethiopia's readiness for peace given its continued fortification of positions and movement of artillery towards the frontline between the two countries. Eritrean Foreign Minister Ali Said Abdella told journalists in the capital Asmara that the late arrival and hurried departure of Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin meant
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30 Oct 2000

Afghanistan + 44 others
2000 Estimated Food Needs and Shortfalls for WFP Operations and Projects: Updated 30 Oct 2000

Report
— World Food Programme


Overview
The World Food Programme wishes to thank donors for their continued generosity. This year donors have contributed over US $ 1.3 billion, and WFP has used these resources to mobilise over 3.1 million tons of food aid distributed to needy people.

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27 Oct 2000

Djibouti + 5 others
Horn of Africa Review Sep-Oct 2000

Report
— UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia
REGIONAL ISSUES
UN mission for Internally Displaced Persons: A joint mission of UN humanitarian agencies, including representatives from FAO, UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, OCHA and NGOs, visited Ethiopia and Eritrea on a quest to coordinate programs to help people displaced by war. The mission gave priority to Ethiopia and Eritrea over five other war torn countries, including, Burundi, Angola, Indonesia, Somalia and Sierra Leone as hostility in these two countries has effectively stopped and a large number of internally displaced people are going home or have said they
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27 Oct 2000

Djibouti + 6 others
Action Plan to end hunger in the Horn of Africa unveiled

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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Press Release 00/60
New York, October 27, 2000 -- A strategy to combat chronic hunger in the Horn of Africa was unveiled today in a report presented by Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at a meeting of the UN Administrative Committee on Coordination. The heads of some 26 UN organizations attended the meeting at UN Headquarters in New York. According to the report, "45 percent of the total population in the Horn of Africa, some 70 million people, live in a state of chronic food insecurity," quite apart from
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25 Oct 2000

Djibouti + 6 others
Teaming up against hunger in the Horn of Africa

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— Food and Agriculture Organization
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When the heads of 26 United Nations organizations gather in New York for a meeting of the United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination (ACC) on 27 October, one of the issues they will focus on is hunger in the Horn of Africa.

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25 Oct 2000

Djibouti + 4 others
UN Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa: Findings and recommendations of mission to Kenya and Ethiopia

Report
— World Food Programme
Report No.2 *

Ms. Catherine Bertini, UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on the drought in the Horn of Africa:

Findings and recommendations of the mission to Kenya and Ethiopia between 17-23 September 2000

"We are always going to have drought and we have to treat it as an African winter. Drought-prone countries can prepare for such events, as countries in the northern hemisphere can prepare for winter."
Dr. Richard Leakey, Secretary to the Cabinet, Kenya

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