Informes

Report on ICRC activities in the field since the previous bulletin of 22 October General Situation A new camp - El Sereif - has been opened on the outskirts of Nyala. Some 14,000 people are expected to move there voluntarily in…

Tensions between refugees and the host population increase as competition for scarce resources intensifies Since early 2003, refugees from Darfur have flooded into neighboring eastern Chad, escaping the on-going genocide inflicted on their home areas by the Government of Sudan…

by Gauthier Lefèvre in Tréguine camp Over the heads of chattering women, laughing children and smiling men, the voice of a Chad Red Cross volunteer booms into the megaphone. "We need you to form into three lines and wait until a…

As refugees from Sudan's troubled Darfur region continue to spill over the border into neighbouring Chad, tension is rising between the newcomers and locals. Breidijing Refugee Camp, Eastern Chad - For someone who has lost everything and been forced…

Weekly Introduction: February-April 2005 CCA Outlooks at 4 Months Lead Southern Africa The outlook for Feb-Apr 2005 southern Africa rainfall at four months lead show a tilt in the odds favoring above normal rainfall across central South Africa, most…

GOZ BEIDA, Chad (UNHCR) - Sitting cross-legged on a mat in the shadow of a makeshift straw shelter, he told his story in bursts of rapid-fire sentences, waving his hands and arms, his eyes reliving the abysmal events that…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 27 October (IRIN) - The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has warned that a large refugee camp in eastern Chad is fast running out of water, and…

Contributions for Eastern Chad and Darfur Funding overview in USD as at 27 October 2004Total revised requirements: USD 114,835,333 Donor Contributions 2004 Chad Darfur Total Allocation from un/earmarked contributions through the Operational Reserve (*) 10,000,000 10,000,000 African Union 60,000 60,000 Arab Gulf Programme for UN Dev.Org 50,000 50,000 Austria 121,803 121,803 Bahrain (NGO) 10,013 10,013 Canada 1,484,856 1,484,856 Czech Republic 39,306 39,306 Denmark 1,331,115 1,331,115 European Commission 2,405,061 2,405,061 Estonia 39,160 39,160 Finland 248,756 248,756 France…

KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct 27 (UNHCR) The need for security and access to displaced people's home villages were the key concerns raised by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie as she ended a three-day visit to Sudan's strife-torn West Darfur province today. The…

ABECHE, Chad, Oct 26 (UNHCR) - Water supplies are drying up for tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad, warned the UN refugee agency, saying that at least one refugee camp could run out of water within…