Informes

N'DJAMENA, 19 August 2004 - This week, UNICEF is airlifting 81 tons of humanitarian aid to N'Djamena in eastern Chad. This airlift is part of the recently drafted 90-Day Emergency Plan (August-October), aimed at reinforcing UNICEF response to the…

Between June 26 and August 13 a total of 672 cases and 21 deaths of acute jaundice syndrome (AJS) were reported in Goz Amer, a camp of Sudanese refugees, by a WHO/Ministry of Health (MOH) joint mission. Antibodies for…

What is the situation in Darfur? Humanitarian agencies in Darfur face serious constraints and challenges in delivering services. The number one challenge is the inability to access many areas in need due to insecurity, impassable roads and the denial of…

ABECHE, Chad, Aug. 17 (UNHCR) - More than 500 Sudanese have arrived in Chad in the first significant crossing from Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region in about two months, the UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, Jean-Marie Fakhouri, UNHCR's…

World Vision has begun distributing food to Sudanese refugees in Bahai, with 12,000 people receiving food rations so far this month. While the distribution has had some delays due to the relocation of the refugees, World Vision has been praised…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 17 August 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR in Chad has…

By Emmanuel Braun HADJER HADID, Chad, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Scores of refugees from Sudan's Darfur region are still arriving daily in eastern Chad where aid camps are overflowing and villagers say they are battling malaria and leprosy. The country's biggest…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 16 August (IRIN) - Humanitarian workers in eastern Chad have reported a pick-up in the number of refugees fleeing the Darfur region of western Sudan after weeks…

Depuis le 31 juillet, la France apporte un soutien à l'effort humanitaire pour les réfugiés soudanais présents au Tchad, avec les moyens militaires dont elle dispose au Tchad. Ce dispositif a été renforcé : le pont aérien mis en place…

The Sudanese authorities today re-opened the Kalma camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Darfur to humanitarian workers - a move welcomed by the senior United Nations envoy to the country, who had called for access to the…