RNIS Update - May 1999
This update contains information on
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Eritrea,
Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and the Kosovo crisis.
ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA
The border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea has persisted at fluctuating levels since May 1998. WFP is providing assistance to 272,000 Ethiopians displaced by the conflict but the appeal remains significantly under-resourced (WFP - 07/05/99). Oxfam reports that the living conditions of the displaced communities in Tigray are very poor. The IDPs are living in congested properties, which are lacking sanitation facilities and decent water supply for drinking and hygiene (Oxfam - 27/04/99).
WFP has also launched an emergency operation in Eritrea to the most vulnerable among the war-affected. Assistance will be given to 268,000 people consisting of 246,000 IDPs and 21,5000 Eritreans from Ethiopia (either forced deportees or voluntary arrivals). Only a limited number of households in the rural areas of Debub, Gash-Barka and South Sea Provinces have been able to secure livestock and productive assets over the last year (WFP - 23/04/99). The Eritrean Government has invited Oxfam to provide humanitarian assistance in the country; previously the Government had restricted the activities of international NGOs in the country (Oxfam - 27/04/99).
References
ACF-UK & ACF-US 10/05/99 Personal
communication
ACF-UK 14/05/99 Personal communication
FAO 29/04/99 Special Alert: Kosovo
FEWS 29/04/99 Bulletin April 1999 - Eastern Africa and the Horn
FAU 04/99 Food Security Highlights: March 1999
FSAU 08/04/99 FLASH: Deteriorating Food Security Conditions in Luuq IDP
Camp
FSAU 22/04/99 FLASH: Early Rains Provide Relief in Somaliland
FSAU 22/04/99 FLASH: Livelihood Threat to Poor Pastoralists in Puntland
IFRC 02/05/99 Meningitis: over a million at risk in Eastern Sudan
IRIN 29/03/99 Uganda: Health Situation of Bundibugyo displaced critical
IRIN 14/04/99 Update 649
IRIN 16/04/99 DRC: Kabila's guard kills demonstrator
IRIN 29/04/99 Sudan: Risk of Meningitis Epidemic Spreading
IRIN 30/04/99 Somalia: News Brief
IRIN 04/05/99 Sudan: News Briefs
IRIN 05/05/99 Update 664
IRIN 06/05/99 Update 665 IRIN 06/05/99 Sudan: News Briefs
IRIN 07/05/99 Update 666
IRIN 07/05/99 Weekly round-up 18 1999
IRIN 11/05/99 Update 668
IRIN 11/05/99 Agencies probe reports of high malnutrition in Bahr-el-Ghazal
IRIN-SA 30/04/99 ANGOLA: Food Situation turns critical
IRIN-SA 05/04/99 ANGOLA: World Bank stops further Lending
IRIN-SA 06/04/99 ANGOLA: Humanitarian crisis "dramatic in the extreme"
LWF 02/99 Household Nutrition Survey: Rumbek and Yirol counties, Bahr El
Ghazal
OCHA 28/04/99 Humanitarian Operations in Angola: reporting period 22-29
April
OCHA 07/05/99 Humanitarian Operations in Angola: reporting period 30 April
- 6 May
Oxfam 27/04/99 Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin - April 1999: Africa
SCF 05/05/99 Angola Emergency Bulletin Three
UNHCR 14/04/99 Great Lakes & Western Africa Country Update
UNHCR 10/05/99 Update on Kosovo Situation 11/05/99
UNHCR 09/05/99 Health Situation Report no. 3 for FYROM
UNHCR 10/05/99 Food Report - Albania
UNICEF 05/99 Somalia Review April 1999
USAID 05/05/99 Kosovo Fact Sheet #44
USAID 11/05/99 Kosovo Fact Sheet #48
WFP 20/04/99 Great Lakes Weekly Report no. 15
WFP 22/04/99 Sudan Bulletin no. 82: 4-18th April
WFP 27/04/99 Great Lakes Weekly Report no. 16
WFP 30/04/99 Emergency Report no. 17
WFP 02/05/99 Angola Sitrep. no. 7 of 1999
WFP 07/05/99 Emergency Report No. 16
WFP 10/05/99 Personal communication
WFP 12/05/99 Personal communication
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