Informes

I. SECURITY SECURITY OVERVIEW Insecurity in northern Uganda remained a challenge to both humanitarian agencies and civilians. Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) continued wrecking havoc in villages and IDP camps, looting, abducting and killing. The LRA…

Executive Summary Origin & Mandate of the Task Force In response to the Tsunami that struck the Somali coastline on 26 December 2004, a Humanitarian Response Group meeting, chaired by the acting Humanitarian Coordinator, was convened in Nairobi on 28th December…

Key Activities Undertaken in Reporting PeriodAssistance and Protection in Locations of Displacement: Education and Training: - IDP camps Khartoum: The Wali of Khartoum state instructed the MOE in a meeting on 26 March that new basic primary schools…

Response to the Polio Appeal UNICEF and WHO report they have received almost US $400,000 in response to this month's Special Alert calling for US $4.9 million to stop the spread of polio in Ethiopia. JICA and USAID have provided…

Highlights Assistance to IDPs in Ruyigi: the Minister of Reintegration of Reinsertion of War affected persons visited the displaced persons from Burundi's northern provinces - Kirundo mainly -who are hosted in Kabuyenge IDP site, in Gisuru Commune. On this occasion, assistance…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This report updates fact sheet 25, dated March 18, 2005. DARFUR EMERGENCY - NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict-Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 25 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - Civilians returning to southern Sudan will put serious pressure on the region's water resources, which can supply only 30 percent of southerners with…

By Yohannes Ruphael The Ministry of Water Resources recently disclosed that it needed some 7.6 billion dollars to harness the country's rivers and aquifers. The water problem has of late become of great concern not only to Ethiopia but also to…

ONUB/PIO/PR/56/2005 Bujumbura, Burundi - Following the celebration of World Water Day this week, Thursday's press conference of the United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) focused on problems of access to safe drinking water and sanitation. The special guest, Mr. Amadou Diallo,…

The major displacement of people in Darfur is challenging the access to water. In Garsilla in west Darfur Trócaire and its partners are working full speed to drill boreholes in order to meet the needs of the people. One can…