Reports

(New York/Geneva/Yaoundé: 22 February 2008): The United Nations has announced today the allocation of $4,720,260 from the donor-supported Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet the humanitarian needs of Chadian refugees who fled to Cameroon's north-eastern town of Kousséri earlier…

GA/SHC/3911 Sixty-second General Assembly Third Committee 53rd & 54th Meetings (AM & PM) Others Address: Women's Anti-Discrimination Convention; Implementing Social Summit ; Beijing Declaration; Protecting Human Rights While Fighting Terrorism Profoundly concerned by the situation facing children in situations of armed…

ABECHE, Chad, November 14 (UNHCR) - UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees L. Craig Johnstone returned to Geneva on Wednesday after meetings with Sudanese refugees and internally displaced villagers in eastern Chad, which he said left him both encouraged and…

HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENTS Subsequently to heavy rain during the night of 21 to 22 August in the area of Koukou, 67 households from the local community and six families located in the IDP site of Habile I lost their homes due…

DARFUR July has seen three important developments, which may have an impact on the overall context and humanitarian situation in Darfur. First, the Special Envoys for Darfur of the United Nations and the African Union (AU) have invited members of Darfur's non-signatory…

DARFUR July has seen three important developments, which may have an impact on the overall context and humanitarian situation in Darfur. First, the Special Envoys for Darfur of the United Nations and the African Union (AU) have invited members of Darfur's…

OVERVIEW The rainy season has started by the end of June. In Abeche four people were killed and a dozen were injured by the first heavy rainfalls. Authorities and IDP leaders prepare for the return of IDPs mainly from Habile…

(extract) REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS ETHIOPIA: SUDANESE RETURN HOME BUT OTHER NATIONALS ARRIVE On 28 March, the official repatriation of Sudanese nationals from the northwestern camp of Yarenja ended. The last convoy carried 494 refugees, bringing the total to 1,488 refugees returned to southern…

GENEVA -- The UN refugee agency today announced a US$6.2 million supplementary appeal to fund protection and assistance programmes for tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad. The latest appeal is in addition to UNHCR's 2007 annual budget…

NOTE: The last fact sheet was dated January 22, 2007. KEY DEVELOPMENTS On January 26, a USAID/OFDA airlift containing emergency relief supplies, including blankets, plastic sheeting, and water containers, arrived in Abeche, eastern Chad. Consigned to the Office of the…