Assessments

Statistical Update / World Refugee Survey 2001 Refugees Produced African refugees at start of 2001: 3.3 million Refugee increase in past year: 200,000 Refugee increase in past 2 years: 400,000 10 leading refugee-producing countries or territories in Africa: 1) Sudan: 460,000 2) Burundi: 420,000 …

Congo-Kinshasa (also known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire) was the source for more than 2.1 million uprooted people at the end of 2000, including some 350,000 refugees and asylum seekers, and an estimated 1.8 million internally…

Mission Highlights This year’s cereal production is estimated 15 percent higher than last year, due to improved access to land, increased seed and tools distributions, and generally favourable weather conditions. Cassava production for 2000/01 is estimated at 5.3…

Congo-Brazzaville hosted some 125,000 refugees at the end of 2000, including an estimated 100,000 from Congo-Kinshasa, some 20,000 from Angola, more than 5,000 from Rwanda, and approximately 1,000 urban refugees from various African countries. More than 20,000 citizens of Congo-Brazzaville were…

At the end of 2000, an estimated 400,000 Angolans were refugees in neighboring countries, including up to 190,000 in Zambia, 170,000 in Congo-Kinshasa, about 20,000 in Congo-Brazzaville, approximately 20,000 in Namibia, and some 5,000 asylum seekers in Europe. The number…

An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Angola from 5 - 27 May 2001 to estimate crop production from the 2000/01 season, as well as the cereal import requirements and food aid in the 2001/02 marketing year…

Rome, April 2001 Highlights The first forecast for world cereal output in 2001 is 1 889 million tonnes, almost 2 percent above 2000. Output of wheat is forecast at 585 million tonnes, unchanged from last year's crop, while that of coarse…

March 21- 31, 2001 Regional Early Warning Unit, Harare, Zimbabwe Summary Heavy rainfall mainly confined to eastern and western Angola, most of Democratic Republic of Congo, western, northern and eastern Zambia and northern Malawi and Mozambique... In the southern half…

INTRODUCTION This is the first of three annual issues of this report prepared by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) on the food supply situation and cereal import and food aid requirements for all countries in sub-Saharan…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Refugee Programme In all sectors, progress has been made that has improved the lives of refugees. However, finding a durable solution for the 13,000 refugees in Angola remains an over-riding concern. Two possible solutions for the caseload are: 1)…