Informes

GENEVA, June 29 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency's Assistant High Commissioner, Kamel Morjane, today appealed for $90 million to prepare for the potential return of more than 500,000 Sudanese refugees to south Sudan. The Assistant High Commissioner announced the appeal…

EL GENEINA, Sudan, June 25 (UNHCR) The UN refugee agency has set up three offices in western Sudan's Darfur region to assist some of the estimated 1 million people uprooted by fighting between rebels and government-backed militia. This week, UNHCR…

Declaring that the people of Darfur, Sudan, "are suffering a catastrophe," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that he would use his upcoming visit to the region to press the Khartoum Government to protect its civilians from continuing atrocities…

Oxfam is expanding its presence in Sudan and Chad, constructing thousands of latrines and providing clean drinking water and washing facilities for more than 200,000 people. One million people have been forced to leave their homes in Darfur, Western Sudan,…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org In…

By Jan Butter, UK Media Manager Some families are escaping the violence in Darfur only to find themselves living in makeshift camps that are incredibly hot with practically no water, according to British World Vision aid worker, Angela Mason. Mason…

N'DJAMENA, June 23, 2004 - WFP is warning that it will be forced to halt its humanitarian air service from N'djamena to eastern Chad next month - at the height of the rainy season when the link is needed…

KHARTOUM, June 23 (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Africa's largest country had agreed with neighbouring Chad to disarm militias on both sides of the border, a semi-official news service reported on Wednesday. Fighting broke out last year…

Epidemiologists 'alarmed' by continuing spread of virus - warn thousands of children could be paralyzed across west and central Africa 22 JUNE 2004 | GENEVA - Epidemiologists of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative today issued a stark warning that west and…

FARCHANA, Chad, June 22 (UNHCR) There's not a lot to celebrate in the desolate desert of eastern Chad, but for a few hours last weekend, thousands of Sudanese refugees found a reason to sing and dance on the occasion…