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26 Nov 1999

Namibia + 6 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 47 covering the period 20-26 November 1999

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
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NAMIBIA: More Angolan refugees flee fighting

Refugees fleeing fighting between Angolan government forces and UNITA rebels have been crossing south into Namibia daily this week as tensions along the 700 km of common frontier increased.

"Our latest refugee figures have grown from 2,300 a few days ago to 2,400," Hesdy G. Rathling, UNHCR's

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19 Nov 1999

Angola + 6 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 46 covering the period 13-19 Nov 1999

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— IRIN
U N I T E D N A T I O N S
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
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ZIMBABWE/DRC: Military contingency plans

Contingency planning is underway in Zimbabwe to open a northern front in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the event of the collapse of the Lusaka ceasefire agreement, security sources told IRIN this week.

Zimbabwean airforce and Special Air Service

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16 Nov 1999

Zimbabwe + 4 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 16 November

Report
— IRIN
ZIMBABWE: Nurses strike ends
A nurses strike has ended in Zimbabwe with the government agreeing to double the salaries of all health care workers, sources told IRIN on Tuesday.

More than half of the country's registered public health nurses went on strike last week after a deadlock in talks between the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) and the government over the nurses' grading system according to which salaries are set. According to media reports a junior nurse earns about US $1,400 a year.

SOUTH AFRICA: Mbeki appointed as first Commonwealth chairman

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29 Oct 1999

Angola + 11 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 43 covering the period 23-29 Oct 1999

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
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ANGOLA: Pretoria committed to closing sanctions loopholes

The South African government is working on legislation to provide greater oversight of a traditionally secretive banking industry, sources close to the UN's Panel of Experts on Angola Sanctions told IRIN, this week.

In a briefing to the South African parliament

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28 Sep 1999

Angola + 2 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 28 September

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— IRIN
ANGOLA: Peace activists meet
Peace activists are meeting in the Angolan capital Luanda this week to launch a campaign for an immediate ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors to deliver humanitarian aid to various parts of the country.

According to news reports the group includes church people, trade unionists, human rights activists, journalists, and academics. The coalition is headed by the Angolan Group to Reflect on Peace is led by theologian, Pastor Daniel Ntoni-Nzinga. "I know my people well and I see how exhausted they are with war. In villages and cities,

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17 Sep 1999

Afghanistan + 26 others
FAO/GIEWS: Food Outlook No. 4, 1999

Report
— Food and Agriculture Organization
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HIGHLIGHTS
The outlook for 1999 cereal production has improved slightly since June, due mainly to better crop prospects in Asia and North America. World production, however, will not be sufficient to meet anticipated consumption requirements and global stocks will need to be drawn down.

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03 Sep 1999

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 35 covering the period 28 Aug - 3 Sep 1999

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for Southern Africa
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ANGOLA: Humanitarian situation remains dramatic

The UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (UCAH) has warned that the humanitarian situation in Angola remains critical, despite the efforts of relief agencies to reach affected populations.

In their latest report UCAH said that between 23-29 August heavy fighting in several parts of the country had

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30 Jul 1999

Angola + 10 others
FEWS Special Report: Southern Africa Cereal Availability Update (99-2)

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— US Agency for International Development


Southern Africa Cereal Availability Update
Satisfactory except in Angola, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

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02 Jul 1999

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 26 covering the period 25 Jun - 2 Jul 1999

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
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SOUTH AFRICA: Peacekeepers for DRC

South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday that South African troops would be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as peacekeepers once a ceasefire agreement is reached. "We'll have to send some South Africans to help in the peacemaking process," Mbeki told Parliament in Cape Town. He expressed confidence

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25 Jun 1999

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 25 covering the period 19 - 25 Jun 1999

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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ANGOLA: UNITA resumes shelling of cities

The UNITA rebel movement has resumed the shelling of government-held cities, media reports said this week. The city of Malanje, where an estimated 150,000 displaced people are crammed, has come under sporadic long-range shelling. The central highland city of Huambo also suffered shelling where UNITA has been targetting the airfield

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11 Jun 1999

Angola + 10 others
Southern Africa: Regional programmes situation report no. 1 (period covered: January - March 1999)

Report
— IFRC
A timely response to the Appeal with adequate initial funding equal to 63% of the overall budget allowed the full range of planned activities to begin, with positive results. With drought, cholera and refugee problems affecting many of the countries in the region and expected to continue, particular efforts have been placed on the Disaster Preparedness and Response and Institutional Development programmes. Given the high number of vulnerable persons potentially at risk, the assistance being delivered will continue to have a significant
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04 Jun 1999

Angola + 7 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information No. 22 sur l'Afrique australe

Report
— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN
pour l'Afrique australe
Tél.: +271 1 880 4633
Fax: + 271 1 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

(Du 29 mai au 4 juin 1999)

ANGOLA: Le déminage en crise

Les Forces armées d'Angola (FAA) comme les rebelles de l'UNITA ont enfoui de nouvelles mines dans le sol du pays depuis la reprise des hostilités à la fin de l'année dernière suite à la rupture des accords de paix de Lusaka conclus en 1994 grâce à l'entremise de l'ONU. Dans le même temps, a appris cette semaine IRIN, les donateurs

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04 Jun 1999

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 22 covering the period 29 May - 4 Jun 1999

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
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Fax: +27 11 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: Landmine crisis

Both the Angolan armed forces (FAA) and the UNITA rebel movement have been laying new landmines in Angola since hostilities resumed late last year following the breakdown of the 1994 UN-brokered Lusaka Protocol peace accords. At the same time, IRIN was told this week, donor funding was diminishing thus threatening the demining

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02 Jun 1999

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 2 June

Report
— IRIN
SADC/DRC: Peace summit for Lusaka
A summit involving regional heads of government of all parties involved in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to be held in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on 26 June, a senior Zambian government official told IRIN on Wednesday.

He said the summit, announced in Pretoria after a meeting between President Sam Nujoma of Namibia and President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, would seek to ratify a ceasefire document drafted by the UN and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) with the Southern

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02 Jun 1999

Democratic Republic of the Congo + 2 others
Afrique australe: Flash d'information d'IRIN, 2 juin 1999

Report
— IRIN
SADC-RDC: Sommet de la paix prévu à Lusaka
Une conférence rassemblant les chefs d'Etat de toutes les parties impliquées dans le conflit en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) va se tenir le 26 juin à Lusaka, capitale de la Zambie, a déclaré mercredi à IRIN un haut responsable zambien.

Annoncé à l'issue de l'entretien qu'ont eu à Pretoria le Président namibien, Sam Nujoma, et son homologue sud-africain Nelson Mandela, le sommet, a précisé le responsable, a pour objet la ratification d'un projet d'accord d'armistice élaboré par l'ONU, l'Organisation de l'unité

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21 May 1999

Angola + 6 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 20 covering the period 15-21 May 1999

Report
— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
Tel: +27 11 880 4633
Fax: +27 11 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: UN official deeply concerned

The UN's senior humanitarian coordinator in Angola told IRIN this week the international community would soon face a new "human tragedy" in Africa if the Angola crisis became another "forgotten emergency". Francesco Strippoli said he was concerned

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21 May 1999

Angola + 6 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information No. 20 sur l'Afrique australe

Report
— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires
Réseau d'information régional intégré / IRIN Afrique australe
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(Du 15 au 21 mai 1999)

ANGOLA: Un responsable de l'ONU se dit très inquiet

Le responsable de la coordination humanitaire de l'ONU en Angola a déclaré cette semaine à IRIN que la communauté internationale va bientôt être confrontée à une nouvelle "tragédie humaine" en Afrique si la crise en Angola devait devenir une "urgence oubliée" parmi d'autres.

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14 May 1999

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 19 covering the period 8-14 May 1999

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
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ANGOLA: The balance favours rebels

The Angolan government acknowledged this week that the military situation in the country currently favoured the rebel army of UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi.

Lieutenant-General Jose Ribeiro Neco, the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) chief of staff, said: "Although the scale has tipped in favour of Jonas Malheiro Sidonio Savimbi's forces,

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14 May 1999

Angola + 7 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information No. 19 sur l'Afrique Australe

Report
— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires
Réseau d'information régional intégré / IRIN Afrique australe
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ANGOLA: La situation est favorable à la rébellion

Le gouvernement angolais a reconnu cette semaine que la situation militaire dans le pays est favorable aux forces de Jonas Savimbi, leader des rebelles de l'UNITA.

Le Général José Ribeiro Neco, chef d'état-major des Forces armées angolaises (FAA), a déclaré: "Bien que la balance

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12 May 1999

Angola + 2 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 12 May

Report
— IRIN
ANGOLA: Displaced people flock to capital
Angola's minister for Assistance and Social Reintegration, Albino Malungo, has said the country's humanitarian situation was "very grim" and on the verge of disaster with an estimated 1.6 million people displaced by fighting and some 3.5 million "affected by the war" around the Central Highlands cities of Huambo and Kuito, and further east in Luena.

In a statement, he said that over the past two months an estimated 200,000 internally displaced people had flocked

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