Informes

6-13 September 2007 Situation update An earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale occurred on 12 September off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The epicenter of the quake was at sea about 130 kilometers west of Benkulen…

Districts: Amparai, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Jaffna, Mannar, Vavuniya, Over all Situation - On 22, 23 August 2007 Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) Kfir fast attack air craft bombed Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu and Kranchy in Kilinochchi. Houses and economically beneficial trees…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, September 7 (UNHCR) More than 3,000 people have fled their homes in north-west Sri Lanka's disputed Mannar district to escape fresh fighting between government troops and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) over the…

30 August - 06 September 2007 Situation update The situation remains tense in most of the districts in the North and East of the country Mannar: on 1st September, the Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka told the Daily…

23-30 August 2007 General update Pursuant to recommendations made by the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights and the Advisory Body, both headed by Hon. Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe, the Government of Sri Lanka has decided to exclude details pertaining to national…

(Extract) All they want 'NORMAL LIVES' Will they live on bread or be allowed to cast their fishing nets D.P. Sumith from Batticaloa The district of Batticaloa and Trincomalee dominated the agricultural sector of Sri Lanka before the ethnic conflict engulfed this…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update The general situation in Kilinochchi town has been calm while some shelling occurred in the Vanni during the week. On 23 August, the United Nation Department of Safety and Security conducted a 'Saving Lives…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Situation remains tense. Internally Displaced Persons UNHCR reports the IDP population in the Vanni (Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu, uncleared areas of Vavuniya North, parts of Mannar and Vadamaradchchi East) is 100,769 as of last week. Sector…

On Monday 6 August, the one year commemoration of the killing of 17 ACF staff members in Muttur was marked by the humanitarian community with a ceremony held at the UN compound in Colombo. Minister for Disaster Management and…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Shelling continued in areas south of Kilinochchi district, Vadamaradchchi East, Poonakary and Madhu division of Mannar district last week. Supplies of construction materials such as cement are limited. The price of a bag of…