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03 Dec 1999

Angola + 9 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 48 covering the period 27 Nov - 03 Dec 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: Protest feared over pay rises for top officials

A government announcement this week of substantial pay rises for cabinet ministers, members of parliament, local chiefs and headmen as Zimbabwe's economy faces its worst crisis in two decades has drawn angry protests from critics of President Robert Mugabe.

An Extraordinary Government Gazette on

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30 Nov 1999

Angola + 4 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 30 November

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ZIMBABWE: Cholera outbreak
Eight people have died of cholera following an outbreak in the north of the country, the official daily, 'The Herald' reported on Tuesday.

The deaths were reported in Mashonaland West. The newspaper quoted health officials as saying 130 people had contracted the disease over the past month.

ZIMBABWE: Foreign currency restrictions

Zimbabwean exporters holding corporate foreign currency accounts will have to change half their holdings into local currency within 60 days under a plan by Finance Minister Herbert

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05 Nov 1999

Angola + 6 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 44 covering the period 30 Oct to 5 Nov 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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Fax: +27 11 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: Malanje remains an emergency

A "nutritional emergency" continues in the northern Angolan city of Malanje, despite three months of uninterrupted food supplies to the formerly besieged government-held provincial capital, the humanitarian community has warned.

During the past three months, food distribution

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03 Nov 1999

Angola + 1 other
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 3 November

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— IRIN
SWAZILAND: Journalists threatened and intimidated
At least two journalists were allegedly threatened and forced to leave their posts on 28 October following an apparent illegal strike by workers at the Swaziland Television Broadcasting Corporation (STBC), the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) said.

MISA said the six suspended workers were held directly responsible for the news blackout and seizure of the studios. According to reports received by MISA, the striking workers stormed the television studios, locked all the doors and took control. As a result

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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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Fax: +27 11 880 1421
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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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27 Oct 1999

Angola + 7 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 27 October

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ZAMBIA: UNHCR confirms refugee influx from Angola
UNHCR has confirmed that there has been an influx of Angolan refugees into Zambia in recent weeks. UNHCR said that since 8 October about 650 new arrivals had been registered in the North Western Province, with a further 200 at Kalabo in Western Province.

UNHCR said that the recent influx of refugees was largely because of fighting between the UNITA rebel movement and government forces in Angola's Moxico Province, which borders Zambia's Western and North Western Provinces. The UN agency said that some of the

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23 Oct 1999

Angola + 9 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 42 covering the period 16-23 Oct 1999

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UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa
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e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

ANGOLA: WFP needs US $158 million for year 2000

The World Food Programme said this week that it would "consider" asking donors for US $158 million to cover its humanitarian operations in Angola for the next year. The WFP-Angola appeal document for the year 2000, based on a May assessment which estimated

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24 Sep 1999

Angola + 8 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 37 covering the period 18 - 24 September 1999

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— 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: Conditions for displaced persons deteriorate

In its latest update on the situation in Angola, the United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (UCAH) said this week that the general situation in the country remained unstable with increased military operations in several areas, resulting in the continued movement of people to more secure areas.

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20 Sep 1999

Angola + 2 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 20 September

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SOUTH AFRICA: Developing world's debt targeted ahead of IMF meeting
Trevor Manuel, the South African minister of finance, says that the Group of Seven industrialised inations have failed to live up to their promise of poor country debt relief and said that he would take this message with him to the IMF meeting in Washington next week.

Media reports on Monday quoted Manuel as saying: "The G7 committed in faith in Cologne to put money into HIPC [the IMF/World Bank's Highly Indebted Poor country Initiative]. We don't need faith alone, we need a few dollars in that HIPC fund."

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17 Sep 1999

Angola + 6 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 37 covering the period 11 - 17 September 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
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ANGOLA: UN defends its record

A senior UN official this week rejected as "uninformed work" a human rights group's report on Angola that accused the United Nations of failing to avert renewed civil war in the country. "If I am to believe the news reports I have seen on it (the report), it would seem that there is a misunderstanding of what UN

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15 Sep 1999

Zimbabwe + 3 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 15 September

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— IRIN
ZIMBABWE: Government slams trial judge
Zimbabwe's Attorney-General said he would appeal against a six-month jail terms given to three Americans convicted of illegal arms possession and attempting to load dangerous weapons on an aircraft, Reuters reported.

Attorney-General Patrick Chinamasa said in a statement published by the state-owned 'Herald' newspaper that he would appeal to the Supreme Court for a review of the High Court sentence, which he said trivialised a serious offence.

"By imposing sentences which do

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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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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

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— 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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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: 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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03 Jun 1999

Angola + 2 others
Southern Africa: IRIN News Briefs, 3 June

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— IRIN
ZIMBABWE: BHP sells majority stake in Zimplats
The Australian-based mining conglomerate BHP plans to sell its 67 percent majority holding in Zimbabwe's Hartley Platinum Mines (Zimplats), media reports said on Thursday.

President of BHP Zimbabwe, John Grubb was quoted as saying: "Despite BHP's and Zimbabwe Platinum Mines' best endeavors and positive support from the government during all phases of the development of Hartley, it has not been possible to overcome the operational and financial under performance."

Zimplats is one of the largest platinum

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28 May 1999

Angola + 7 others
IRIN-SA Weekly Round-up 21 covering the period 22 - 28 May 1999

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— 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

ANGOLA: Displaced numbers reach 1.6 million

The UN Security Council this week said the number of people internally displaced by the resumption of civil war had now reached 1.6 million and was growing.

In a statement released after a meeting in New York, the Security Council urged the government and UNITA rebels to assist the humanitarian community. It reminded the two sides that they

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28 May 1999

Angola + 7 others
Bulletin hebdomadaire d'information No. 21 sur l'Afrique australe

Report
— IRIN
NATIONS UNIES
Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires
Réseau d'information régional intégré / IRIN Afrique australe
Tél.: +271 1 880 4633
Fax: +271 1 880 1421
e-mail: irin-sa@irin.org.za

(Du 22 au 28 mai 1999)

ANGOLA: Le nombre des déplacés atteint 1,6 million

Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU a annoncé que le nombre de déplacés du fait de la reprise de la guerre civile se monte maintenant à 1,6 million et continue d'augmenter.

Dans un communiqué rendu public à la suite d'une de ses séances à New York, le Conseil de sécurité a invité

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26 May 1999

Angola + 2 others
Southern Africa: News Briefs, 26 May

Report
— IRIN
SWAZILAND: Decline in economic growth expected
The Central Bank of Swaziland (CBS) has predicted a growth rate of only 2.5 percent for 1999/2000, the 'Swazi Observer' reported on Wednesday.

The CBS director of research, Cleopas Dlamini, was quoted as saying that growth was down by 0.5 percent from last year when Swaziland registered a growth rate of about 3 percent. Dlamini said that one of the main reasons for the lower growth rate was the slowdown in foreign direct investment in the country. "We have had no new foreign

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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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