Reports

DARFUR, 24 May 2004 - As the crisis in Sudan deepens, UNICEF is appealing for $33 million to provide emergency relief for the one million people who have had to flee their homes, and nearly $7 million for refugees…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Kris Janowski - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 21 May 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. On Wednesday, UNHCR…

NAIROBI, 21 May (IRIN) - The UN and aid agencies have underestimated the numbers of refugees from Sudan's Darfur region who have crossed into Chad, and must urgently revise their appeals to donors for more funding, according to the…

UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers has warned that the widespread violence and human rights abuse in western Sudan's Darfur situation could drive more refugees across the border into Chad, further exacerbating…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] TINE, CHAD, 20 May (IRIN) - For the past year, the poor rural population of eastern Chad has been voluntarily providing food and hospitality to a growing influx…

After completing a two-week assessment mission to eastern Chad, Refugees International has concluded that the real number of Darfur refugees there is around 200,000, not the 110,000 planning figure that has been used by the United Nations and aid…

BAHAI, CHAD - May. 14, 2004 Hadiya Beshir Issa and her 15-month-old daughter Munira wait in the shade outside an International Rescue Committee health facility in Bahai, a desolate village in eastern Chad along the northern border with Sudan. They…

NDJAMENA, 14 May (IRIN) - The Arabic-speaking Janjawid militia groups fighting alongside Sudanese government forces against rebels in Sudan's western Darfur province have been blamed for a series of ceasefire violations within Darfur and have now begun terrorising villages across…

Crisis in Darfur World Relief is supporting a church-led response to a humanitarian emergency in the remote, sun-scorched desert of eastern Chad. An estimated 130,000 Sudanese refugees fleeing horrific violence in the Darfur region of western Sudan have spilled over the border…

The baby in this picture passed away five minutes after this photo was taken. Here is the story of her mother Aisha, as transcribed by Refugees International in Bahayi in North-East Chad. I never dreamed I would bury my son in…