Reports

NEW YORK, 4 May 2011 – Making sure girls and women have equal access to quality education is key to sustainable economic development, UNICEF said today, as the world celebrates Global Action Week on Education. This year’s…

Highlights • Following the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo on 11 April, reconciliation in Cote d’Ivoire is high on the agenda for the new regime, the President of the Front Populaire Ivoirien (FPI), Pascal Affi N’Guessan and the…

Burkina Faso is a parliamentary republic with a population of approximately 15.7 million. In November President Blaise Compaore was reelected to a fourth term with more than 80 percent of the vote. Observers considered the election…

Côte-d'Ivoire - Les conditions pour des dizaines de milliers de déplacées internes trouvant refuge dans une mission catholique dans la ville de Duékoué, à l'ouest de la Côte-d'Ivoire, sans accès à la nourriture, à l'eau et…

This Revised Emergency Appeal now seeks CHF 3,977,698 in cash, kind, or services to support the Red Cross Societies of Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia, as well as National Societies in other neighbouring countries to assist some 13,500 families (67,500…

A major military offensive launched in Western Cote d'Ivoire by forces loyal to president elect Alassane Ouattara has effectively sealed off tens of thousands of vulnerable displaced persons, preventing them from receiving adequate humanitarian assistance and protection. In the Western…

Côte-d'Ivoire - Les habitants d'Abidjan, principale ville de Côte-d'Ivoire, tentent de fuir la violence croissante, rapidement et par tous les moyens. Le personnel de l'OIM à Abidjan rapporte que les habitants partent en bus, en voiture ou en taxi vers…

Inhabitants of Cote d'Ivoire's main city Abidjan are rapidly using any means they can to flee the growing violence. IOM staff in Abidjan say people are leaving on public buses, cars and taxis to reach home villages as fighting…

In Brief... - Fierce fighting in Abidjan brings the country perilously close to civil war; - Some 200,000 Ivorians estimated displaced from Abobo; - The events of 24th February in Côte d'Ivoire resulted in a drastic change in the influx rate into…

INTRODUCTION Burkina Faso is a landlocked Sahelian country. Its Capital is Ouagadougou and its second city is Bobo-Dioulasso. It is situated in West Africa in the loop of the River Niger. The country stretches over an area…