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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

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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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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:

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16 Dec 1998

Burundi + 5 others
IRIN Update No. 568 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
Tel: +254 2 622147
Fax: +254 2 622129
e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org

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

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07 Dec 1998

Burundi + 11 others
United Nations Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal for Countries of the Great Lakes Region and Central Africa

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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January - December 1999

OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS (OCHA)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The various conflicts which have plagued the Great Lakes Region, have resulted in large numbers of victims who have been displaced from or forced to remain in their looted and destroyed communities or who have reluctantly sought refuge in other countries of the region.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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01 Dec 1998

Botswana + 3 others
Southern Africa: IRIN reports - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Report
— IRIN
JOHANNESBURG, 1 December (IRIN) - South African President Nelson Mandela pledged on Tuesday that Pretoria would work closely with neighbouring countries and the UN in the fight against AIDS.
In a speech marking World AIDS Day, Mandela disclosed new government figures showing that 1,500 people a day were being diagnosed with the disease in South Africa where the number of those infected currently tops three million.

In remarks delivered at Mtubatuba, in KwaZulu/Natal province, the area worst-affected by AIDS in South

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18 Nov 1998

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

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— 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.
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12 Nov 1998

Angola + 1 other
UN Angola envoy meets Zimbabwe's Mugabe

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— Agence France-Presse
HARARE, Nov 12 (AFP) - UN special envoy for Angola Issa Diallo on Thursday held talks with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, and repeated fears of seeing renewed civil war break out between Luanda and its foes.

"The situation in Angola is becoming worse and worse and war is on its way there," Diallo told journalists after meeting Mugabe. He added that he had sought advice from the Zimbawean leader on how to handle the conflict.

"We need to join forces -- the UN, regional and sub-regional groups -- and say louder 'Enough is enough',"

Agence France-Presse:

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28 Apr 1998

South Africa + 1 other
FEWS Special Report 98-3:Early Assessment of Efforts in Southern Africa To Mitigate El Niño-Southern Oscillation Impact

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— US Agency for International Development


In the summer of 1997, as it became apparent that a strong El Niño-Southern Oscillation event was developing, the countries of southern Africa began planning for a potential drought. In previous years, El Niño events had been associated with drier-than-normal conditions in much of the region. News that the current event was the strongest yet recorded, as well as dramatic stories of El Niño-related weather patterns in other parts of the world, added to the sense of urgency.

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14 Apr 1998

Zimbabwe
Southern Africa: El Niño Food Security Response Report # 2

Report
— Catholic Relief Services
Southern Africa Regional Office
El Niño Food Security Response Report # 2
April 14, 1998
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The CRS/SARO's first El Niño Food Security Response Report of March 4, 1998 was circulated widely and generated considerable feedback. In this Report # 2 we incorporate new information from CRS/SARO field validation missions to Malawi and Lesotho, from CRS offices in the region and from other in-country sources. While we maintain the basic definition of the four original emergency status groupings in our first Report we

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04 Mar 1998

Zimbabwe
Southern Africa: El Niño Food Security Response Report

Report
— Catholic Relief Services
1. SUMMARY OF REGIONAL SITUATION
While the intensity of the El Niño weather phenomenon continued high February, its impact on the 97/98 crop growing season in Southern Africa has not been very significant. The widespread drought anticipated by the patterns of previous events has not materialized. Satellite derived images of vegetation growth through january indicate that there were virtually no areas of drought in the region. Cold Cloud Duration estimates of cumulative rainfall for most growing areas were close or slightly above the historical averages. Mid season field crop assessments

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