June 1997

Yahya el Hassan, PANA Correspondent
KARTOUM, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan's foreign minister Ali Osman Mohammed Taha said here on Sunday he believes the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) has faired well so far and is capable of facing the challenges ahead.

In an interview with PANA in Khartoum, Taha said that the OAU has scored many successes so far and we are quite sure the Organisation is capable of facing the challenges of the next century.

He particularly commended the work of the OAU Central organ for conflict prevention, management and resolution

DATE=6/28/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-216397
TITLE=SUDAN THREATENS FAMINE (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=SONYA LAURENCE GREEN
DATELINE=NAIROBI
CONTENT=
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INTRO: THE RED CROSS SAYS NOMADS IN NORTHERN SUDAN ARE ON THE
VERGE OF STARVATION. IN A SEPARATE REPORT, WORLD VISION
INTERNATIONAL ALSO WARNS OF A MOUNTING FAMINE IN THE SOUTH.
SONYA LAURENCE GREEN REPORTS BOTH CRISES ARE MADE WORSE BY A
14-YEAR-OLD CIVIL WAR.

TEXT: AID AGENCIES ARE WARNING OF LOOMING FAMINE IN BOTH NORTH
AND SOUTH SUDAN.

DHA/97/13
Genève - (Département des Affaires Humanitaires) - La deuxième réunion du Comité consultatif international pour l'Opération pour la survie du Soudan (OLS) s'est réunie ce matin au Palais des Nations sous l'égide du Département des Affaires Humanitaires des Nations Unies (DHA). Le Comité qui a tenu sa session inaugurale en décembre dernier a été créé afin de fournir un forum de consultations sur l'OLS aux représentants des gouvernements donateurs et aux organisations humanitaires internationales qui soutiennent les programmes d'assistance d'urgence au Soudan.

Southern Sudan
Rainfall in southern Sudan was generally above average through the end of May, although some areas have been experiencing a dry spell since late April. Pasture and herd conditions are good, however, and even in the drier agropastoral areas there has been sufficient rain for pasture development.

Southern Sudan has a long planting window, and current agricultural activities range from planting main-season crops (which
are harvested in November and December) to harvesting early maturing crops planted in April. Area planted this year has

A weekly report on major developments concerning relief operations in southern Sudan
NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY VISITS OLS...

The newly appointed UN Special Envoy for Humanitarian Affairs for Sudan, Robert van Schaik, made his first visit to Khartoum, Nairobi, Lokichokio and southern Sudan on 6-19 June 1997. Accompanied by UN officials, Ambassador van Schaik held meetings with representatives of the Sudan Government and the principal southern movements, as well as with officials of neighbouring countries, UN agencies, international and

In Sudan, 5,385 Ethiopian refugees have so far returned this year
to Ethiopia under a repatriation program from Sudan. Of the
estimated 25,000 Ethiopian refugees remaining in Sudan 15,000
in camps and the rest in urban areas 8,431 have registered to
repatriate this year. We expect to repatriate another 2,000
Ethiopians before the rains come in the next few weeks. Sudan
hosted more than half of the nearly one million Ethiopian refugees
in the past decade.

Contents
1. Chronology

2. Rumbek: Thousands face mass starvation

3. Senior Secondary School opens in Mapourdit

1. Chronology

May 15: Uganda will not exchange prisoners of war with Sudan until Khartoum hands over 35 schoolgirls abducted by Christian fundamentalist rebels in September last year, Rebecca Kadaga, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, said today. Uganda is holding scores of Sudanese POWs caught last month fighting alongside its rebels, while Khartoum nabbed four Ugandans fighting alongside the SPLA.

15: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-United

Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme
This report includes: A) Sierra Leone B) Afghanistan C) Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania D) Uganda E) Somalia F) Sudan.

From P. Ares, Chief, Programming Service. Available on the Internet at WFP Home Page http://www.wfp.org/ or by e-mail from HicksDeb@wfp.org (fax 39 6 5228 2837). For information regarding resources, donors are requested to contact Mr. F. Strippoli

(Strippoli@wfp.org) or Ms. A. Blum (Blum@wfp.org),