TBILISI, Georgia (Reuters) - Kidnappers who had been holding four hostages including two U.N. observers in a remote gorge in Georgia since Thursday freed them Monday without any conditions, a Georgian official said.

The four included two Danish U.N. officers, a Briton who works for the Halo Trust anti-landmine charity and a local aide. One more local aide had been freed Saturday.

''They all were freed unconditionally,'' Georgy Leonidze of Georgia's National Security Council said by telephone. He gave no details.

The five, whose names have not been officially

United Nations peacekeepers in Sierra Leone have retaken the strategic crossroads at Rogberi Junction, about 60 kilometers northeast of Freetown, and built up its troop strength there to 700, a UN spokesman said today in New York.
On 2 June, two companies of Indian peacekeepers encountered two road blocks near Rogberi- one about three kilometers south of the town and the other 800 meters away. The troops broke through both roadblocks, causing rebels from the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) to resort to sporadic fire. The RUF also fired at a UN helicopter, which retaliated

KIGALI, June 5 (AFP) - Rwandan and Ugandan troops ceased fighting Monday in Kisangani, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, after clashes were reported earlier in the day, UN officials told AFP.
The UN mission in the DRC (MONUC) had earlier told AFP that both sides were shelling and that machine gunfire could be heard throughout the rebel-held city.

Rwanda and Uganda, ostensible allies in the rebellion against DRC President Laurent Kabila, agreed two weeks ago to pull out of Kisangani following previous clashes between the two

1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Sudanese population suffering lack of basic survival needs. Immunisation rates decline.

Latest developments
1. Last week Chechen rebels intensified the attacks on the Russian checkpoints and army bases.

2. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Chechen pro-independence Government, Mr. Akhmadov, is against the Russian Ministry of Emergencies (EMERCOM) to be a channel for aid to Chechnya.

3. On May 26, the Russian Federal officials announced that Russia could carry out air-strikes against Afghanistan for its alleged aid to Chechnya’s rebels.

By Wendell Roelf

CAPE TOWN, June 4 (Reuters) - Migrants who fled the deadly xenophobic attacks in South Africa last month will return to their communities or be repatriated within two months, a government official said on Wednesday.

An estimated 30,000 Zimbabweans, Mozambicans and other African migrants have been living in refugee camps and shelters since mobs went on the rampage, killing at least 62 people in impoverished shantytowns around Johannesburg and other cities.

Facing criticism from relief agencies and the United Nations over poor conditions in the shelters, President

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BURUNDI: Un accord de paix doit être signé le 20 juillet

Le médiateur pour le processus de paix au Burundi, Nelson Mandela, a annoncé mardi que le gouvernement burundais et les groupes rebelles signeraient l'accord de paix tant attendu le 20 juillet à Arusha, en Tanzanie. Sa déclaration à la radio nationale sud-africaine a été confirmée par sa porte-parole qui a indiqué à IRIN que les 19 groupes

Edward B. Rackley

Highlights

• WFP stock shortage limits food distributions
• Joint mission assesses resettlement areas in Huila Province
• Large return movements to Calulo (Kwanza Norte) and M=B4Banza Congo (Zaire)

General Humanitarian Situation and Assistance

WFP Food Aid Pipeline Remains Weak

According to WFP, food stocks in Angola are becoming very low. Donor contributions have amounted to less than 40 per cent of projected requirements for the year 2000. As a result of the expected food supply shortage, WFP has reported that food distributions

Press Release UNMIK/PR/264
PRISTINA -- SRSG Bernard Kouchner expressed his regret over today's announcement by the Serb National Council that they will be absent from next week's meetings of the Interim Administrative Council and Kosovo Transitional Council.

However, he said, "we understand the decision as a protest and a sign of outrage over the recent violence, which has caused a high degree of anger and distress among the Serbs and within the internatinal community."

"I must join the SNC in condemning