Reports

Depuis le lundi 7 juillet, la rébellion du Front National de Libération (FNL) a lancé une vaste offensive sur Bujumbura. Les combats, qui ont fait rage, auraient occasionné la mort de 200 à 300 personnes -rebelles, militaires et civils…

Casualties in the city are high and insecurity has made the provision of medical services difficult. Insucurity has also meant corpses have been left in the streets. Last week, Bujumbura - the capital city of Burundi - and its…

Humanitarian Activities 1. UNICEF Assistance to IDPs from Bujumbura southern neighbourhoods UNICEF opened an office in the camp of Musée Vivant on Tuesday to co-ordinate its activities in the site. In the same site UNICEF provided roles of plastic sheeting and…

URGENT NEEDS IN CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION Frequent displacement and looting of houses further weaken the community capacity to assist children Combats, displacement and human rights violations deprive children from school enrolment, especially young girls 1. EMERGENCY OVERVIEW AND…

May 2003 1. OVERVIEW / EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There has been significant progress in the implementation of the Arusha Peace and Reconciliation Accords, marked by the signature of various peace agreements and, most recently, the smooth transition in presidential…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in 178 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org Appeal No.…

(Extracted from JRS Dispatches No. 131) Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS SOUTH KIVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SINKING INTO CHAOS Despite recent peace agreements, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, is sinking back into…

MSF forced to suspend operations despite enormous needs in Makamba Bujumbura/Paris - On April 25, a team from the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) working in Makamba province in southern Burundi was forced to suspend its activities although…

Humanitarian Activities 1. UNICEF mission to Ruyigi UNICEF's representative Malick Sene led a mission to Ruyigi on the 17th April 2003 including the Ambassador of Belgium and his team and representatives from the French Embassy. The objective of the mission was…

By Jessica Allen, Washington File Staff Writer Washington -- As war with Iraq loomed on the horizon, many predicted that Africa would be shunted to the back burner of the world's agenda. But they were wrong. The world has not forgotten the…