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NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org IRIN-CEA: Bulletin...

ISLAMABAD, May 1 (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it had received unconfirmed reports that 100 people had starved to death in the opposition-controlled Hazarajat region...

A workshop supported by CARE and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will take place at CARE headquarters in Atlanta May 4 - 7, 1998. The workshop will include a review of the...

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org IRIN : Bulletin quotidien no...

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MONROVIA, April 30 (Reuters) - Five members of Liberia's security forces are to face a court martial for looting food aid, Defence Minister Daniel Chea said. Chea told a news conference late on...

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NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org Interview d'IRIN: Carol...

WEEKLY NEWS 15/98 After months of extraordinary efforts to keep essential Red Cross services running in a country ravaged by conflict, the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society is planning for its...

DUSHANBE, April 30 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed in new clashes between Tajikistan's Islamist opposition and government forces on the edges of the capital, officials said on Thursday. ...

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:...

WEEKLY NEWS 15/98 Since a gigantic mud-slide hit the town of Los Molinos a few weeks ago, the Peruvian Red Cross has been implementing a relief operation for those people who were most affected...

BRUSSELS, 30 April 1998: The International Crisis Group (ICG) - a Brussels-based agency that monitors world crisis zones - today issued a stark warning that war is on the way in the tense Serbian...

By Jean-Baptiste Kayigamba KIGALI, April 30 (Reuters )- The Rwandan government strongly rejected claims by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Thursday that Rwandans were fleeing to...

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 21-73-54 Fax: +225 21-63-35 e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci ...

30 April 1998, Nairobi -- A World Food Programme barge convoy departed from the southern Sudan port of Malakal earlier this week, beginning a six-week trip along the Nile river where it will drop-off...

ICRC News 98/17 The health programme launched eight months ago by the Belgian Red Cross, to which the ICRC delegated the project, is proving to be a success. The aim of the programme is to carry out...

BACKGROUND INFORMATION In view of the forest fire emergency facing Indonesia, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

TASHKENT, April 29 (Reuters) - Up to 50 people have lost their lives in mud torrents and landslides that have caused tens of millions of dollars of damage to the ex-Soviet state of Tajikistan, the...

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org IRIN : Bulletin quotidien no...