Informes

I. CONTEXTE Bukavu Recrudescence de vols d'enfants en commune d'Ibanda : le 14 août, le chef de quartier de Panzi, Philippe Nshokanyi, a dénoncé la recrudescence de vols d'enfants sévissant dans son quartier et a recommandé aux parents de rester vigilants…

Highlights - Local leaders in Sucreivoire complex ask UNOCI to curb FN activities - Last Mixed Brigade to be officially installed in Famienkro today - Forces Nouvelles officials hold conversion ceremony for ex-female combatants Security Traditional chiefs, community leaders and other participants in a security…

By Sabine Dolan MARADI, Niger, 10 August 2007 - In southern Niger's Tibiri region, a chief is being coronated. Presiding over the solemn ceremony is Grand Chief Abdou Bala Marafa, one of the country's most influential traditional leaders. In this land…

By Stephan Kirchner [1] Introduction: Rape in times of war Despite decades of emancipation and women's liberation, women are and will remain vulnerable due to their gender and their status in society.[2] Wartime rapes[3] are anything but new.…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Update on repatriation / refugees Over the reporting week, UNHCR registered 1,827 Burundians returning from refugee camps in Tanzania through the entry points of Mabanda/Makamba province (598), Gisuru/Ruyigi province (398), Kobero/Muyinga province (828); while 3 Burundians arrived from…

Highlights - Sucreivoire sugar mill complex asks BANBATT for increased patrols - UNOCI peacekeepers provide security escort for exam papers - Two remaining Mixed Brigades to be installed next week - Ivorian Prime Minister to set up Working Group on Public Hearings Security A security meeting…

Introduction This briefing is presented in advance of the Working Group's consideration of the second country report on children and armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is intended to complement presentations by members of the…

I. CONTEXTE Au plan provincial Selon la MONUC, environ 80 patrouilles diurnes et nocturnes ont été effectuées au cours de la semaine. Quatre MOB (base mobiles) sont opérationnelles à Mirangi (Rutshuru) jusqu'au 5 août, à Nyamilima (Rutshuru) jusqu'au 28 juillet, à…

Summary My son went to join the rebels when he was 14 years old. One day he didn't come home from school. All that night I couldn't sleep. I was thinking, where is he sleeping? Does he have any food?…

OVERVIEW About 200 internally displaced started to move from the IDP-site of Habile III towards Aradib. Most of them are originally from the area of Marena. Whether this movement indicates a general tendency of return is still open. Within the…