Reports

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field General situation Continued clashes, in particular in rural areas of Northern and Southern Darfur, gave rise to further casualties and displacement of civilians. It is estimated that the number of displaced persons in Gereida,…

Even as new shipments of aid arrive in the remote, violence-torn region of Darfur in western Sudan, the public health situation there and in neighboring Chad remains highly precarious. Since fighting broke out in Darfur in early 2003, more than…

SUDANDARFUR CRISIS Events: Hepatitis E continues to be a significant health threat in Darfur. Between 22 May and 27 August, 3,753 cases1 and 55 deaths of suspected Hepatitis E were reported from all reporting health clinics in Darfur…

Between 26 June and 2 September a total of 1077 cases and 35 deaths (case fatality rate 3.2%) of suspected hepatitis E has been reported from the refugees camps Goz Amer (973 cases; 31 deaths) and Goz Abal (63…

Food distribution CARE has completed distributions in Iridimi, with distributions continuing in Bredjing for spontaneous refugees. Water and sanitation CARE is conducting a three-week evaluation of water and sanitation systems in the camps, and developing a system to manage solid waste in…

Everywhere I looked the evidence of suffering among thousands of children was obvious,' says CARE Australia's Senior Emergencies Officer Megan Chisholm, who has just returned from Chad. Megan visited four refugee camps where CARE is caring for 80,000 people. She…

Note: This report updates the last fact sheet dated August 20, 2004 DARFUR EMERGENCY -- NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad 2.2 million people U.S. Government, European Union, and United Nations Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur 1.2 million people U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…

Introduction Since early 2003, the conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan has provoked an outflow of some 200,000 refugees to eastern Chad and caused over one million persons to be internally displaced in Darfur. Armed attacks by Janjaweed…

HEJAILIJA, Sudan, Sept 3 (UNHCR) - First came the terror - murders, rapes, pillage, arson. Now comes a life on the move, sleeping in tiny, flimsy straw huts and eating grass and seeds barely fit for animals. "We are safe…

DAKAR, 2 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - More than 120 people have died of cholera in western Chad and nearly 3,000 cases of the water-borne disease have been reported since an epidemic broke out at the start of the rainy…