Reports

As Christian Children's Fund (CCF) workers talk to Sudanese children who have fled to refugee camps in Chad, the emergency response team finds that the older children seem to always ask the same question. First, the children talk about…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 20 August 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Our new director of…

By Victoria Engstrand-Neacsu, dpa Nairobi (dpa) - In scenes reminiscent of the plagues out of the Bible, massive swarms of the locusts have been descending on large parts of West Africa in recent weeks. Locusts swarms are now…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 20 August (IRIN) - The deadly viral infection Hepatitis E has broken out among refugees from Sudan's Darfur region at two camps in eastern Chad and may…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field DARFUR Humanitarian situation Security continues to be the main concern for everyone in Darfur, the displaced and those who stayed behind in towns or damrats (Arab settlements). Many do not dare venture outside…

MASTERI, Sudan, Aug 20 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has heard that the continuing insecurity in western Sudan's Darfur region could drive some 30,000 people into Chad, a new influx that could strain UNHCR's ability to care for…

Axel Melinon of France knows the media-labeled Darfur crisis all too well. As one of 23 UN Volunteers currently on the ground in Chad, he spends his days caring for some 15,000 Sudanese refugees that refer to Bahai, a…

BAHAI, Chad (UNHCR) - The women came dressed in the bright green, yellow, blue, orange and red printed robes of their native western Sudan, creating a kaleidoscope of colours that contrasted sharply with the monotony of the surrounding desert.…

CARIARI, CHAD - August 19, 2004 The IRC has seen a significant decrease in illnesses among Sudanese refugees in Chad's eastern Bahai region, after IRC teams stepped up water, sanitation and health activities at the new Kashuni Camp. However…

N'DJAMENA, 19 August 2004 - In an effort to immunize all the 86,400 Sudanese refugee children under 15 years living in the refugee camps in Chad, UNICEF is providing 206,000 measles and polio vaccines doses. Some 106,000 vaccines are…