UN Information Service for sub-Saharan Africa
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Did you know that the United Nations offers free and up-to-date infor-
mation, via e-mail, on events in sub-Saharan Africa?
The Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN), a unit of the UN
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), is dedi-
cated to improving the information available to the humanitarian and
international communities on crises in sub-Saharan Africa. Although
aimed particularly at the humanitarian community, the service is freely
available to everyone. IRIN "Daily" and "Weekly" e-mail bulletins are
available in both English and French. The information is compiled from
various sources: the media, UN agencies, NGOs and governments, among
others.
Please note that the "Weekly" information is issued as three separate
regional bulletins: IRIN Central and East Africa (CEA), IRIN West Af-
rica (WA) and IRIN Southern Africa (SA). At present, the "Daily" infor-
mation bulletin is also issued by region. However, in the near future
IRIN will provide an individually tailored daily information service
for countries and subject topics specified by the subscriber in addi-
tion to the weekly bulletin. In preparation for this transition please
specify which subjects (i.e. child soldiers, OXFAM, Germany, etc...)
and/or countries in Sub-Saharan Africa you would like to receive infor-
mation on so we can create your personalised profile. Please indicate
if you are already subscribed to one or more IRIN services and which
ones so we can remove you from these lists when your new profile is
created.
IRIN also offers a dissemination service, called IRIN-EXTRA, for non-
IRIN reports from the humanitarian community: donors, NGOs, interna-
tional organisations, UN agencies and others.
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE
Send a request by e-mail with the following information to:
<joanne@wa.ocha.unon.org>
- Full Name and position
- Agency and its originating country
- Current country of residence / duty station
- Contact information, phone number
Please specify which service(s) you are interested in:
- Weekly (IRIN weekly)
- Updates (IRIN daily and IRIN special reports)
- Extra (non-IRIN reports and press releases from NGOs, UN, etc..)
and provide a list of ALL countries and subject topics you would like
to receive regular information on for the updates and extra list.
The IRIN-CEA service is also available in Kiswahili.
Thank You.
Joanne Clark, Information Officer,
United Nations
Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Tel: +225-21-73-54
Fax: +225-21-63-35
mailto:joanne@wa.ocha.unon.org
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN
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