Informes

UNMEE PUBLIC INFORMATION A near verbatim transcript of the press briefing given in Addis Ababa by the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Legwaila Joseph Legwaila, via videoconference linking participants in Asmara and Addis Ababa. Also present in Addis Ababa was…

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. In Brief Appeal No. 08/2004; Interim…

The conflict in Darfur has now been underway for nearly 19 months. According to the latest Darfur Humanitarian Profile for September by the U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sudan, almost one and a half million internally displaced…

Uije, 09/22 - The 477 inhabitants of Zungo village, in Angola's northern Uije province are in need of schools, drinking water, health centres, shops and medicines, an official source said. This concern was presented by a local chieftain to the ruling…

Six North American-based humanitarian aid organisations - including Food for the Hungry International - have joined together to provide relief to families in Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur. In addition to FHI the partnership, called the Darfur Relief Collaboration (DRC),…

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH - As the crisis facing black refugees in Sudan is being hotly discussed within the US government and at the United Nations, the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC) is responding to the needs of displaced…

HARARE, ZIMBABWE, 20 September 2004 The European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) in Zimbabwe has contributed EURO 1,600 000 to UNICEF for providing targeted assistance to the country's most vulnerable women and children. "We are very grateful to the European Commission…

Kalma, a huge camp in South Darfur, is home to over 60,000 people and probably many thousands more. The next count won't be until the end of September when there will be another food distribution. Hundreds of people are…

Current Situation Failure of the vitally important long rains this year has left 2.3 million Kenyans in need of emergency food aid. The UN has said that failure of the short rains in October could affect a further million. The…

Note: This report updates Somalia Fact Sheet #1 dated March 31, 2004. BACKGROUND Since the collapse of Muhammad Siad Barre's government in January 1991, Somalia has existed without an internationally recognized national government and suffered from outbreaks of armed conflict between rival…