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24 Dec 1998

Burundi + 7 others
IRIN Update No. 574 for Central and Eastern Africa

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
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CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: Agencies seek early return of displaced

Some neighbourhoods of southern Brazzaville were completely looted and many houses were destroyed during the recent unrest in the capital, UN Humanitarian Coordinator Dominique AitOuyahia McAdams told IRIN yesterday (Wednesday). Some of the northern Brazzaville

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24 Dec 1998

Burundi + 7 others
Bulletin quotidien No. 574 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

Report
— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN
pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est
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CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: Les organismes d'aide veulent hâter le retour des déplacés

Certains quartiers du sud de l'agglomération de Brazzaville ont été entièrement mis à sac par les pillards et bon nombre de maisons ont été détruites lors des violents incidents qui se sont produits dans la capitale, indiquait hier mercredi à IRIN Dominique AitOuyahia McAdams, Coordinatrice Humanitaire de l'ONU.

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23 Dec 1998

Burundi + 7 others
IRIN Update No. 573 for Central and Eastern Africa

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for Central and Eastern Africa
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Fax: +254 2 622129
e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org

CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: Electricity, water restored in Brazzaville

The situation in Brazzaville was calmer today (Wednesday), with government forces now in control of the Bacongo and Makelekele areas of southern Brazzaville and a considerable reduction in the level of looting reported, humanitarian sources told IRIN. Electricity

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21 Dec 1998

Angola + 12 others
Africa Fact Sheet

Report
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
December 1998
INTRODUCTION

As of January 1998, there were 7.2 million people of concern to UNHCR in Africa, out of an estimated 22.3 million worldwide. The Africa figure includes 3.5 million refugees, 1.5 million internally displaced and 2.2 million former refugees who have recently returned home. In January 1997, the global number of people of concern to UNHCR was 22.7 million, of whom 8 million were in Africa.

Among the 10 major refugee countries of origin in the world, six are African. They are Angola, Burundi, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Sudan.

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18 Dec 1998

Burundi + 7 others
IRIN-CEA Weekly Round-Up 51-98 covering the period 11-17 Dec 1998

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
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BURUNDI: UN report urges immediate action to bring about peace

A new UN report on the situation in Burundi says regional economic sanctions are having a disastrous effect on the poor, and compound the already serious consequences of the country's prolonged conflict. The report, prepared by OCHA-Burundi, notes that sanctions have

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18 Dec 1998

Burundi + 7 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire no 51-98 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

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— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
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BURUNDI

Un rapport de l'ONU exhorte à une action immédiate pour amener la paix

Un nouveau rapport de l'ONU sur la situation au Burundi a indiqué que les sanctions économiques régionales ont un effet désastreux sur les populations vulnérables et amplifient les conséquences, déjà graves, du conflit prolongé dans ce pays. Ce rapport, préparé par

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17 Dec 1998

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 4 others
IRIN Update No. 569 for Central and Eastern Africa

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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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RWANDA: Continued aid needed for 500,000 displaced in northwest

Continuing assistance is required for 500,000 displaced people in northwest Rwanda. They are living without proper shelter, access to clean water, adequate medical services and opportunities to farm their land, a statement from OCHA-Rwanda received by IRIN said.

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17 Dec 1998

Eritrea + 1 other
Ethiopia situation report November/December

Report
— UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia


Highlights
Following favourable rains during the main growing season and optimum conditions for harvest, a joint FAO-WFP assessment of crop production predicts a bumper harvest, substantially higher than last year's main season harvest and close to the 1996 record;

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17 Dec 1998

Congo + 5 others
Bulletin quotidien no 569 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

Report
— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires
IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est
Tel: +254 2 622 147
Fax: +254 2 622 129
e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org

RWANDA

Aide nécessaire pour les 500 000 déplacés dans le nord-ouest du pays

Une assistance humanitaire demeure nécessaire pour les 500 000 personnes déplacées dans le nord-ouest du Rwanda. Ces personnes vivent sans abris adéquats, sans accès à de l'eau potable, sans soins médicaux et sans possibilité de cultiver leur terre, a fait savoir

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15 Dec 1998

Burundi + 5 others
Bulletin quotidien no 567 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

Report
— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires
IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est
Tel: +254 2 622 147
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BURUNDI

30 morts lors d'une attaque sur un camp de déplacés

Une trentaine de personnes ont été tuées et 20 autres blessées hier (lundi) lorsqu'une camp de personnes déplacées a été attaqué dans le sud-ouest du Burundi. Selon la radio burundaise, le camp de Muyange, dans la commune de Burambi, abritait une centaine de personnes qui avaient récemment "abandonné la rébellion".

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15 Dec 1998

Burundi + 5 others
IRIN Update No. 567 for Central and Eastern Africa

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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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BURUNDI: 30 killed in attack on displaced camp

Thirty people were killed and 20 others wounded yesterday (Monday) when a camp for displaced people came under attack in southwest Burundi.

According to Burundi radio, the Muyange camp in Burambi commune had been sheltering some 100 people who recently "abandoned the rebellion".

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14 Dec 1998

Eritrea + 1 other
Ethiopia sees no quick end to fight with Eritrea

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— Reuters - AlertNet
KHARTOUM, Dec 14 (Reuters) - An Ethiopian minister said on Monday he could see no early settlement of his country's border dispute with Eritrea, due to be discussed at an African summit conference this week.

"I am not optimistic because Eritrea believes force is the panacea for everything and I don't think it will accept the peace proposals of the OAU," Ethiopian Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told a news conference in Khartoum.

Selected heads of state of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) are due to meet on Thursday and Friday in Burkina

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08 Dec 1998

Eritrea + 1 other
US envoy visits Ethiopia as part of Horn peace effort

Report
— Agence France-Presse
ADDIS ABEBA, Dec 8 (AFP) - US envoy Anthony Lake briefly visited the Ethiopian capital on Tuesday, his third trip aimed at resolving the country's border conflict with Eritrea, diplomatic sources said.

Lake, a former national security advisor, met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, the sources said, adding the envoy travelled from the Eritrean capital, Asmara, where he had been with his delegation since Sunday.

The latest mission follows trips in early October and mid-November. All come under peace proposals put forward by

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07 Dec 1998

Eritrea
US envoy Lake in Eritrea for peace talks

Report
— Agence France-Presse
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 7 (AFP) - US former national security adviser Anthony Lake was Monday in Eritrea's capital Asmara to meet authorities to discuss their border conflict with Ethiopia, US diplomatic sources said here.

The peacemaking mission is Lake's third to the region, where fighting erupted in May in the escalation of the row over the two Horn of Africa countries' ill-defined border.

Lake met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and the secretary general of the Addis Ababa-based Organisation for African Unity (OAU), Salim Ahmed Salim, on Friday and Saturday, before

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07 Dec 1998

Burundi + 8 others
IRIN Update No. 561 for Central and Eastern Africa

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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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e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org

UGANDA: Museveni's brother quits over bank scandal

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's brother, Major General Salim Saleh, resigned as defence advisor over the weekend after admitting a role in a corrupt bank deal, news media reported. Saleh acknowledged he had used a Malaysian company as a front to buy the state-owned

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07 Dec 1998

Eritrea + 1 other
Lake In Asmara on Ethio-Eritrean Border Mediation

Report
— Pan African News Agency
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (PANA) - United States presidential envoy Anthony Lake left here Sunday for Asmara to continue his third attempt within two months to broker peace in the seven-month old border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
The envoy left Addis Ababa after a two-day visit during which he held talks with prime minister Meles Zenawi. There was no official statement on the outcome of the consultation.

Lake, a former US national security adviser, flew into the Ethiopian capital Friday.

He is seeking to convince the leaders

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07 Dec 1998

Burundi + 8 others
Bulletin quotidien no 561 d'information sur l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est

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— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires
IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est
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e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org

OUGANDA

Le frère de Museveni démissionne à cause d'un scandale bancaire

Le frère du Président ougandais Yoweri Museveni, le général de division Salim Saleh, a démissionné de son poste de conseiller militaire au cours du week-end après avoir admis son rôle dans un marché bancaire illégalu, ont rapporté les médias. M. Saleh a reconnu

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04 Dec 1998

Eritrea + 1 other
US envoy back to mediate Ethiopia-Eritrea war

Report
— Reuters - AlertNet
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - U.S. envoy Anthony Lake arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Friday to continue his attempts to resolve a seven-month border dispute Ethiopia and Eritrea.

This visit is the third to the Horn of Africa by the former National Security Adviser in recent months.

Lake will hold talks with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin before leaving for the Eritrean capital Asmara on Sunday to meet top government officials there.

None of the parties have released details

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02 Dec 1998

Eritrea + 1 other
Eritrea has expelled 39,075 Ethiopians: Addis Ababa

Report
— Agence France-Presse
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 2 (AFP) - A total of 39,075 Ethiopians have been expelled from Eritrea amid the ongoing border dispute between the two Horn of Africa countries, the Addis Ababa government said Wednesday.

The government spokesman's office said in a communique received by AFP that 600 Ethiopians were expected Friday in Humera, in northwestern Ethiopia near the disputed border, and another 2,000 would return to Ethiopia between Saturday and Monday via Burie, in the northeast. Some 700 Ethiopians arrived Tuesday in Rama, 235 kilometers

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02 Dec 1998

Eritrea + 1 other
Anthony Lake to return to Horn of Afica for talks

Report
— US Information Agency
WASHINGTON -- Former National Security Adviser Anthony Lake will return to the Horn of Africa this week "as planned, to continue U.S. efforts to help find a peaceful solution to the dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia," State Department Spokesman James Rubin announced December 2.

Following is the State Department text of Rubin's announcement:

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US DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
December 2, 1998

STATEMENT BY JAMES P. RUBIN, SPOKESMAN

THE ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER DISPUTE

At the request of President Clinton,

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