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24 Dec 1998

Angola + 5 others
Southern Africa: IRIN-SA Weekly Round-Up 8 covering the period 18-24 Dec 1998

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for Southern Africa
Tel: +2711 880 4633
Fax: +2711 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: Central highlands tense

Humanitarian agencies battled this week to provide relief for tens of thousands of people who fled to the towns of Huambo and Kuito to escape heavy fighting between the government and UNITA opposition movement in the central highlands.

Emergency aid deliveries in Kuito were

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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24 Dec 1998

Angola + 6 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-Up 8 covering the period 18-24 Dec 1998

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for Southern Africa
Tel: +2711 880 4633
Fax: +2711 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: Central highlands tense

Humanitarian agencies battled this week to provide relief for tens of thousands of people who fled to the towns of Huambo and Kuito to escape heavy fighting between the government and UNITA opposition movement in the central highlands.

Emergency aid deliveries in Kuito were

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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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

Angola + 4 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-Up 7 covering the period 11-18 Dec 1998

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for Southern Africa
Tel: +2711 880 4633
Fax: +2711 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: New humanitarian concerns amid grim fighting

After a week of intense fighting in Angola's central highlands between government forces and the opposition UNITA movement, humanitarian workers said they were concerned for an estimated 70,000 people who sought refuge in the towns of Huambo and Kuito.

A spokesman for the UN Humanitarian Assistance

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

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18 Nov 1998

Angola + 2 others
Angola: Government says UN brokered accord over

Report
— IRIN
JOHANNESBURG, 18 November 1998 (IRIN) - A senior Angolan government official has said that Luanda wants to annul the UN-brokered Lusaka Peace Accords reached in 1994 with the opposition UNITA movement.
In remarks at a news conference carried by media reports in Southern Africa, the country's deputy minister for territorial administration, General Higino Carneiro said: "We consider that this treaty should be annulled." The government, he added, was considering making an official announcement on Friday on the fourth of anniversary of the accords.
IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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