Informes

The top United Nations envoy to Sudan will travel there tomorrow to hold the first talks with its leaders about the progress made by Khartoum and the UN since they signed a joint communiqué about alleviating the humanitarian crisis…

Sophie Battas managed Oxfam's program in Darfur, Sudan, for four months from March through July 2004. She left Sudan this month and flew straight to Washington DC, where she spoke with Oxfam about her experiences. In what the UN is…

GOAL has been responding to the needs of civilians caught up in the humanitarian crisis in Darfur since October 2003. The United Nations reports that up to two million people have been forced to flee their homes and up to…

KHARTOUM, 14 July 2004 - UNICEF reported today that while almost half of the 1 million displaced persons in Sudan's Darfur region have access to safe water, poor sanitation conditions still pose great risk to tens of thousands of…

IP/04/886 Brussels, 12 July 2004 - The European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) has today earmarked an additional € 18 million in humanitarian aid to the victims of the conflict in Western Sudan. €10 million will be allocated to address the needs…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in partnership with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), continues to reinforce its set-up and operations in Sudan in response to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region. The organization currently has…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in partnership with the Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS), continued to reinforce its set-up and operations in Sudan in response to the humanitarian crisis in the Darfur region. The organization currently has…

BAHAI, Chad, July 9 (UNHCR) -- As sporadic numbers continue crossing from Sudan's Darfur region into eastern Chad, the UN refugee agency is taking additional measures to improve assistance and protection for more than 170,000 Sudanese refugees, more than…

(Extract) Darfur Christine McNab said next week WHO would be sending a very senior team to Darfur, including Dr. Lee Jong-wook, WHO's Director-General, and Dr. Hussein Gezariy, Regional Director of WHO's Eastern and Mediterranean region. The team will spend a day…

SUMMARY Agencies continue to struggle to stabilise the acute humanitarian crisis affecting the people of Darfur. Although humanitarian operations are beginning to ramp up with increased presence of UN agencies, ICRC and NGOs, there is still insufficient capacity on the ground…