Reports

N'DJAMENA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) plans tonight to send an emergency airlift carrying critical relief supplies to Chad, where tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees are in need of assistance. The 40 ton airlift consists of…

Bern, 13 February 2004 Switzerland is increasing its humanitarian efforts on behalf of thousands of displaced people in Darfur and is supporting the activities of the international community in the region. Switzerland is increasing its humanitarian efforts on behalf of thousands…

Geneva, February 12, 2004--Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees have fled the western part of their country for safety in Chad, escaping a series of attacks by militia and bombardments by Sudanese government planes. Fighting has been escalating between…

February 10, 2004, Baltimore, MD - Catholic Relief Services is responding to the urgent needs of Sudanese refugees in Chad who have fled escalating conflict in western Sudan's Darfur region. It is estimated that more than 120,000 Sudanese have…

KAKUMA, Kenya, Feb. 10 (UNHCR) - Many young Sudanese refugees in this camp have never seen their homeland. The only thing they know about their native southern Sudan comes from their families, in stories told many times over during…

CARE International is mobilising an emergency response to help more than 100,000 refugees who have flooded into eastern Chad to escape mounting conflict in the remote Darfur region of western Sudan. The global humanitarian organisation is providing immediate access to shelter,…

TINE, Chad, Feb. 9 (UNHCR) - Aid workers have begun evacuating thousands of Sudanese refugees from the embattled Chadian border town of Tine despite blinding sandstorms and strong winds. The first convoy of 147 refugees in 33 families left Tine…

Chad/Sudan, Feb. 6, 2004 - CARE is responding to a massive displacement of civilians in this remote central African border region. Conflict in the Darfur region in western Sudan has been escalating for several months. Displacements both within Sudan…

An overview of the situation among the 135,000 refugees in Eastern Chad Action Against Hunger has just carried out a needs assessment in eastern Chad, among 135,000 refugees from the neighbouring Darfur Province in Sudan.Their situation, as well as that of…

Briefer: Ron Redmond - Media Relations This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR website, www.unhcr.ch, which should also…