Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) Note: The last situation report was dated April 21, 2006. BACKGROUND On January 9, 2005, the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed the Comprehensive…

State Department contributes another $41 million to refugee aid By Charlene Porter, Washington File Staff Writer Washington - As incremental progress is made toward a peace deal in the Darfur region of Sudan, top U.S. and U.N. refugee policy officials recommitted to…

(This article was originally published in The Wall Street Journal on May 4, 2006) BY JAN EGELAND I first spoke to the U.N. Security Council on Darfur two years ago, calling it ethnic cleansing of the worst kind. Today, I could…

N'DJAMENA - Amid rising tensions and reported preparations for armed attacks in Chad, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today - election day - that food is becoming a serious issue for some 70,000 people who have either…

Alors que s'accroissent les tensions en raison des menaces d'attaques des rebelles au Tchad, le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) a alerté aujourd'hui sur le risque qui pèse sur les quelque 70.000 personnes qui ont fui les incursions armées dans…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NDJAMENA, 3 May 2006 (IRIN) - President Idriss Deby ran for a third term as president of Chad on Wednesday shrugging off rebel threats of another attack on…

By Pascal Fletcher N'DJAMENA, May 3 (Reuters) - Chad held elections on Wednesday expected to extend President Idriss Deby's 16-year rule, but many people heeded an opposition call to boycott the polls overshadowed by a campaign of rebel violence. Makeshift polling…

While AmeriCares has contributed to the relief of Darfur with three airlifts this year, distributing more than 40 tons of essential medicines and relief supplies, the area remains in crisis. Internal strife has affected not only Sudan but northeastern…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] Ndjamena , 2 May 2006 (IRIN) - As election officials report that everything is in place for Wednesday's presidential poll, fears of more rebel attacks are sending…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 2 May 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR deeply regrets…