Informes

International aid agency Oxfam today said that a humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Chad with conditions rapidly deteriorating in the refugee camps following heavy rains. Thousands of people have taken refuge in Chad from neighbouring Darfur, Western Sudan. The warning…

OURE CASSONI, Chad, July 13 (UNHCR) A new camp has opened for Sudanese refugees now living in north-eastern Chad's Bahai town, where an estimated 15,000 people have arrived in recent months after fleeing attacks in Sudan's Darfur region. On Monday,…

United Nations agencies reported today that many residents of a town in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, driven by hunger, are taking advantage of the humanitarian crisis to accept emergency food relief meant only for internally displaced people (IDPs). Some of…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Rupert Colville - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 13 July 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR's emergency airlift to…

Comunicado de prensa 66/04 Seis delegados de Cruz Roja Española llevan a cabo proyectos de agua y saneamiento en Sudán. Madrid, 12 de julio de 2004 - Juan Manuel Suárez del Toro, Presidente de Cruz Roja Española y de la…

By Sr. Lolín Menéndez RSCJ, former JRS Refugee Education Resource Person for Africa Open conflict erupted in Darfur, western Sudan, in early 2003 when the two loosely allied rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLA) and the Justice and Equality…

AA 04 048 Oxfam Community Aid Abroad and the Australian Government have joined forces to deliver much needed emergency water and sanitation equipment to help thousands of Sudanese refugees living in extreme conditions in eastern Chad. The Australian Government provided…

Move will enhance ARC's relief operations in region The American Refugee Committee (ARC) today announced its plans to send a team of Minnesotans to the Darfur region of Sudan. This team will assist in ARC's response to the current humanitarian emergency…

Update of ITCZ From June 21-30 2004, the overall average position of the Africa ITCZ surged northward, especially in the east, and was located near 16.3 north latitude. The latest position is around 1.4 degrees north from…

SG/T/2412 Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, from Doha, the capital of Qatar, in the morning of Wednesday, 30 June. He was briefed on the current situation in the Darfur region by his senior advisers: Jan Pronk, the newly-appointed Special Representative…