Reports

A senior official from the Central African Republic (CAR) today welcomed the recent establishment of a United Nations-mandated, multidimensional presence in the country but said it must be accompanied by assistance to bolster national capacity there. Addressing the General Assembly's…

CROSS BORDER & REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Food security and climatic outlook for the Greater Horn of Africa According to a Famine Early Warning System (FEWSNET) report issued in September, a potential food security crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) region…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Increasing violence between the government and armed opposition groups, as well as insecurity attributed to Chadian and Sudanese opposition forces and…

Responding to persistent pockets of insecurity in the Central African Republic, the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) will provide over $800,000 to forge a more inclusive political dialogue within the country. The project, called the Inclusive Political Dialogue, makes CAR…

UNICEF IS RESPONDING TO PRIORITY NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN IN THE AREAS OF HEALTH, WATER AND SANITATION, CHILD PROTECTION AND EDUCATION 1 million people are affected by escalating conflict, 220,000 people internally displaced, and a further…

NEW YORK, 27 septembre 2007 (IRIN) La France sera le plus grand contributeur de troupes à la nouvelle force mixte Nations Unies (ONU)-Union européenne (UE) de la mission « multidimensionnelle » de maintien de la paix au Tchad et…

NEW YORK, 26 September 2007 (IRIN) France will be the largest single troop contributor to a new joint UN-European Union "multi-dimensional" peacekeeping mission to Chad and Central African Republic authorised by the UN Security Council on 25 September. The former…

Le premier programme de Première Urgence en Centrafrique dont l'objectif était destiné à améliorer la sécurité alimentaire des populations victimes des conflits dans le Nord-Ouest du pays est en passe de s'achever. Ce programme qui a démarré le 1er…

PAOUA, République centrafricaine, 26 septembre (UNHCR) - Une crise humanitaire oubliée frappe la République centrafricaine, avec plus de 290 000 personnes déracinées de leurs foyers depuis deux ans. Les combats entre les forces gouvernementales et divers groupes rebelles se déroulant depuis…

PAOUA, Central African Republic, September 26 (UNHCR) - A humanitarian crisis has been quietly unfolding in the Central African Republic (CAR), with more than 290,000 people uprooted from their homes over the past two years. Fighting between government forces and various…