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As the political crisis in Kosovo heads to a potential conflict this weekend, a major health study released this week by Mercy Corps and other agencies has found serious problems that underscore the...

Kosovo Update Released by the Bureau of European Affairs, Office of South Central European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. (Editor's Note: With the progressive change over of...

LUANDA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama on Friday pledged new aid for Angola to tackle a humanitarian crisis triggered by civil war. "We can announce that immediately the...

NEW YORK, UN (PANA) - The UN Security council has told the leadership of the Central African Republic (CAR) that the continued stay of its mission in Bangui would depend on the fulfilment of...

Appeal Target : US$ 234,375 (US$ 182,000 Contributed to Date) Geneva, 18 February 1999 Dear Friends, On the morning of 11 February 1999 the provinces of Wardak and Logar were hit by an earthquake of...

From ICRC NEWS 7 On 13 and 14 February the ICRC delegation in Afghanistan facilitated the simultaneous release of 20 prisoners held by the Taliban and 20 others held by the Jamiat-i-Islami forces of...

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:...

Kosovo Update Released by the Bureau of European Affairs, Office of South Central European Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC. (Editor's Note: With the progressive changeover of...

From ICRC News 7 On 12 February, speaking at the invitation of the United Nations Security Council, ICRC President Cornelio Sommaruga warned of the growing difficulty of protecting civilians in armed...

LUANDA, 18 February (IRIN) - The UN Mine Action Programme in Angola has been brought to a virtual halt in recent weeks because renewed fighting between government forces and the UNITA rebel movement...

Earthquake On 11 February, an earthquake, measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, struck areas in Wardak and Logar provinces, some 60 km south of Kabul. As surveyed to date, some 50 people have been...

Global Information and Early Warning System on food and agriculture<http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/giews/english/giewse.htm> (Circulated only for countries where foodcrops or supply...

PRESS RELEASE ISLAMABAD - The United Nations and other international agencies are sending relief supplies including shelter and food to the scene of the earthquake which struck parts of Wardak and...

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour 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 ETHIOPIE/ERYTHREE ...

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@ocha.unon.org SIERRA...

WFP Managua Note for Users: The Bulletin is prepared by the OLC Regional Bureau in Managua, based on inputs from the WFP Country Offices in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador and will be...

Freetown, SIERRA LEONE (Feb. 18, 1999) CARE delivered to Freetown the first shipment of emergency relief supplies from the U.S. Government since December 1998, when armed rebels tried to gain control...

Expressing concern about the effect of the current political tensions on the stability in the country, the Security Council on Thursday called on the Government of the Central African Republic to...

BRIEFING: BALKAN BACKGROUNDER Justin Brown, Special to The Christian Science Monitor BELGRADE, YUGOSLAVIA - Kosovo is a rugged, impoverished province in southern Serbia that has fallen decades behind...

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE EMERGENCY RESPONSE OFFICE 35 Denominations & Communions Working Together to Meet Human Needs CWS/ACT APPEAL: SUDAN FOOD SECURITY (#976309) (In support of ACT Sudan Food Security...