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UNHCR
APPEALS TO EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES NOT TO DEPORT
SUDANESE REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS; AMBASSADOR DAUDI
MWAKAWAGO TALKS ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF UNAMSIL
UNHCR Appeals to Egyptian authorities
not to deport Sudanese refugees and migrants,
following a demonstration which ended with more
than 25 people dead and others injured. UNHCR
spokeswoman in Cairo, Astrid van Genderen Stort
says,
"We have been trying since the 29th
of September to find a peaceful solution to this
crisis. We have always appealed to the Egyptian
government to take appropriate measures to end
the sit-in strike in a peaceful manner."
The UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has
completed its task and left the country. Its departure
has been followed by the activation of the UN
Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL). The
man who oversaw the conclusion of UNAMSIL, Ambassador
Daudi Mwakawago talks about the success of the
mission:
 "Our
troops, apart from just keeping the peace, making
sure there is no fighting, have rehabilitated
schools, courts, mosques, churches, roads, bridges,
police posts and so on. On account of that, the
people have seen the peacekeepers in the new light
and that makes the success story of UNAMSIL."
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The
conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has
caused the deaths of close to four million people.
Dr. Richard Brennan belongs to the International Rescue
Committee which has conducted studies on the impact
of the war on the Congolese people. "The
conflict in Congo has been the deadliest anywhere in
the world since the end of the Second World War. We
now estimate that 3.9 million people have died as a
result of the war there." 
The
Food and Agriculture Organization is warning that millions
of people are on the brink of starvation in the Horn
of Africa and the situation can deteriorate very rapidly
unless urgent assistance is given to the people. FAO
economist Shuki Ahmed is stressing that a timely response
by the international community is vital to avoid a catastrophe
in the region. "The unfortunate thing is
usually when the response comes to these countries,
sometimes it is late and that is what we don't want
to happen at this time and we are trying to warn the
world at least as early as possible." 
As
the stalemate continues between Ethiopia and Eritrea,
the United States has taken a diplomatic initiative
to try to resolve the situation. United States Ambassador
John Bolton has requested the Security Council not to
take any action about the stalemate for at least 30
days to allow the U.S. initiative to work. 
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