Informes

Security Update During April, the UN raised the security classification in Northwest Somalia ('Somaliland') to Phase IV. The new classification requires that staff be accompanied by armed escorts while travelling. According to an article in Somaliland's Jamhuriya newspaper of 15 April,…

Press release No. 04/32 In response to the vast and pressing humanitarian needs in Darfur (west of the country) and in line with the appeal of the Sudanese authorities to increase aid to the affected civilian population, the International Committee…

UN OCHA-Ethiopia undertook a field mission to the Somali region to assess the situation of IDPs in Fafan, Hartishiek, Mieso and Bordode IDP shelters. The IDPs in Fafen and Hartishiek are mainly drought induced while the caseload of some…

I. SECURITYGENERAL SITUATION April was a bad month for the security of displaced people in the northern districts of Gulu, Kitgum, Pader and Lira. There were numerous killings and abductions, and the humanitarian situation seemed bleak as…

The need. The lack of safe water for human use is one of the greatest problems affecting the health of children throughout Africa. Contaminated water results in intestinal infections that increase malnutrition and contribute to the severity of other…

A. Executive Summary IDPs in the Somali region are in need of humanitarian assistance such as food, water, health, Shelter materials and clothing. Recommendations for assistance in order of priority are made in the report. The recent conflict…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2004/0065 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Democratic Republic of Congo - Humanitarian Crisis in Bandundu and Western Kasai Provinces 27 April 2004 This report is based on information provided by the OCHA DRC team. Situation 1. Emergency assistance is still needed as…

Rainfall situation FEWSNET reports that in Mozambique the rainy season has been erratic and late. Figure 1 shows rainfall in the six most drought-affected provinces. The season started well in October, but was followed by a dry…

by Gauthier Lefèvre in eastern Chad "My child! My child!" cries a woman frantically in the middle of the crowd of people, luggage, donkeys, trucks and buses. It is six o'clock in the morning just north of Adre, on the…

Katimo Mulilo, Caprivi Region, Namibia, Tuesday, 27 April - Namibian officials are caught in a desperate bid to try and save thousands of cattle from near-certain death as the flooded Zambezi River closes in on them, threatening an outbreak…