Informes

Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO programmes, contributions cover activities from field and country offices…

Le 31 octobre, le SRSG, Victor Angelo, en compagnie du Préfet de Guereda et du Commandant des troupes polonaises, a officiellement inauguré les pompes à eau de cette ville qui ont récemment été réhabilitées grâce à un projet à…

Guereda - On 31 October, the SRSG, Victor Angelo, accompanied by the Polish Commander and the Prefect of Guereda officially inaugurated the water pumps rehabilitated in that town through a Quick Impact Project financed by MINURCAT. The SRSG stated that…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated September 30, 2009. BACKGROUND In 2009, Sudan continues to cope with the effects of conflict, displacement, and…

Executive summary Despite extensive natural resources, a strategic location for trans-African trade and increasing oil revenues since the beginning of the millennium, Chad remains one of the lowest performing nations. The Human Development Index (HDI) ranks Chad 170th out of…

L'assèchement du lac menace les moyens d'existence des riverains 15 octobre 2009, Rome - Une véritable catastrophe humanitaire menace la région du lac Tchad du fait du tarissement des ressources en eau du lac du même nom, met en garde…

Shrinking water resources are threatening people and livelihoods - FAO calls for urgent interventions Rome, 15 October 2009 - The humanitarian disaster looming at the shrinking Lake Chad in central Africa should be urgently addressed, FAO said today. The lake, which…

BACKGROUND Chronic conflict, cyclical drought, floods, disease outbreaks, environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and limited government capacity present significant challenges to vulnerable populations in east and central Africa (ECA). The ECA region encompasses the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes…

FLASH NEWS IRAQ Kit distribution in Erbil On August 19th, ACTED distributed kitchengardening and agricultural kits to 49 vulnerable IDP and local families in Makhmur district of Erbil Governorate to support their livelihoods. Kits contained potato tubers for planting, a variety…

Editorial Hope amid the crises Recently, good news has been in short supply. Journalists and civil society leaders continue to disappear or to be assassinated in the Russian Federation, the situation in the Caucasus remains explosive both in the north (Chechnya,…