Forced Migration Review provides a forum for the regular exchange of practical experience, information and ideas between researchers, refugees and internally displaced people, and those who work with them. It is published three times a year in English, Spanish and Arabic by Refugee Studies Center/ University of Oxford in association with the Global IDP Project/ Norwegian Refugee Council.

This issue has a special feature on refugee and IDP camps.

Contents:

- Putting refugees in camps, by Richard Black
- The Kibeho crisis: towards a more

Only 56% of seasonal rainfall has fallen on Cuba with the eastern portion of the country being hardest hit in the provinces of Las Tunas, Holguin, Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Guantanamo (with rainfall getting progressively better to the west). Rainfall from April-June (usually heavy rainfall months) has been the lowest since 1941. Many water sources have also dried up (reserve levels are at 30% in the 21 most-affected municipalities in eastern Cuba) and it is feared that this weather pattern will continue for some time.

Cuban authorities estimate $180 million

The worst drought in the nation's history is occurring with dry conditions since last October. 28,000 households are affected, especially in the western Viti Levu sugar cane areas. It is expected that 10% of sugar producers will harvest no sugar this season and another 30% will have significantly reduced harvests. The sugar industry is expected to lose at least $US49 million in earnings this year. To help with the situation, Australia is donating $US 72,000 in emergency assistance to affected families for food and clothing. The drought is expected to last at least through August.

Somalia
Food security in southern Somalia and Somaliland is deteriorating rapidly due to a combination of factors, including failed rains, increasing civil insecurity, and the adverse economic impact of Saudi Arabia’s ban on livestock imports. The population will require food assistance through the next harvest, in December.

Serbian forces are reportedly closing in on a guerrilla base in western Kosovo.

This is despite a pledge by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that a major offensive against ethnic Albanian separatists is over.

Both sides in Kosovo's bloody conflict say Serbian forces are threatening a stronghold of the secessionist Kosovo Liberation Army, where ethnic Albanians say there are thousands of civilians.

European officials say they're shocked by the extent of the devastation in Kosovo, as Katy Cronin reports:

CART: The E-U delegation says the past

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Ceasefire opens way for talks

After eight weeks of fighting between soldiers loyal to the government of Guinea-Bissau and army rebels, a truce negotiated by a contact group of Portuguese speaking nations was signed on Sunday calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities. News organisations,

Serbian forces were closing in on a guerrilla bastion in the far west of Kosovo on Friday despite a pledge by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that a major offensive against ethnic Albanian separatists was over.

Both sides in Kosovo's bloody conflict said Serbian forces were threatening the village of Junik, a stronghold of the secessionist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) close to the border with lawless northern Albania.

Official Serbian sources said the town was held by only a few dozen hardline guerrillas and that their commanders had already crossed over into Albania.