Informes

Launched on 2 May 2002 for CHF 6,803,000 for 12 months revised 22 July to CHF 89,285,274 (USD 61.6 m/EUR 60.9m) in cash, kind and services to assist a minimum of 1.3 million beneficiaries for 12…

AAR (Association for Aid and Relief, Japan) has been engaged in assistance to Angolan refugees in Zambia since 1984. At that time, AAR established a field office in Meheba Refugee Camp (now called Refugee Settlement), North Western Province, Zambia. Meheba…

Critical Issues Transit Centres are overcrowded and reporting critical needs in the provinces of Benguela, Huambo, Huíla, Kuando Kubango, Malanje and Moxico. Three persons were killed and seven injured when their vehicle struck an anti-tank mine at a bridge in Cutato, Kuando…

URGENT NEEDS IN HEALTH, WATER AND SANITATION, EDUCATION AND CHILD PROTECTION As security improves, IDPs and refugees are returning home UNICEF Sudan-northern sector requests US$ 26,501,680 in the 2003 UN Consolidated Appeal Only 26% of the 2003 Appeal funded…

Northwest Zone (NWZ) - Hargeisa UNICEF activities in the zone cover Awdal, West Galbeed, Togdheer, Sool and Sanaag regions. GENERAL SITUATION Political developments: The first half of the month witnessed a lively presidential election campaign in Northwest Somalia ('Somaliland'). Elections were held…

Introduction Sudan is a nation with millions of people dying due to war, hundreds of thousands of people forced out of homelands as internally displaced persons, tens of thousands as refugees in neighbouring countries. The nation is caught in a…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)This Fact Sheet updates USAID/OFDA Eritrea Fact Sheet #2 for fiscal year 2003, dated March 18, 2003. Background In 2002, below-average…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This Fact Sheet updates USAID/OFDA Ethiopia Fact Sheet #4, dated March 20, 2003. Background In 2002, below-average belg, or secondary…

GoZ announces new minimum wage levels The Tripartite Negotiating Forum, composed of representatives from both government and business, announced agreement on a new set of minimum wage levels. The minimum for farmworkers is to be ZW$23,070/mo, and for horticulture and agro-industry…

A BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OF HUMANITARIAN NEWS AND ISSUES IN ERITREA SPECIAL FEATURE: CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE On the face of it, Dieda is a peaceful village in the Debub region of central Eritrea. It's not uncommon to…