Informes

I. CONTEXTE District du Haut Katanga: Lubumbashi: - L'opinion publique a été informée, à travers les médias de la place, de la pollution de la rivière Kafubu (17 km du Lubumbashi) suite à l'activisme des exploitants miniers qui déversent leurs déchets dans…

I. CONTEXTE District du Haut Katanga: Lubumbashi: L'opinion publique a été informée, à travers les médias de la place, de la pollution de la rivière Kafubu (17 km du Lubumbashi) suite à l'activisme des exploitants miniers qui déversent leurs déchets dans…

Summary - UN Security Council agrees to send 3,000 peacekeepers to Eastern Chad and North-eastern Central Republic - Human Rights Watch releases report criticising government's role in perpetrating human rights violations across northern CAR - Security deteriorates further across north-western prefectures - Heavy rains…

Scope of floods Around 800,000 people have been affected by floods in 14 countries in West Africa (Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, The Gambia, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Sierra Leone, Benin, Ghana and Guinea) (1). Among the…

DWW received an appeal from NOGAID Ghana a local NGO from Ghana. They asked DWW to send its volunteers to Tamale, in the North of the country for help. DWW sent two assessment teams, a summary of findings are…

Period covered: 18 September to 5 October 2007; Appeal target (revised): CHF 3,922,365 (USD 3.2m or EUR 2.3m) for the entire appeal; the Ghana budget component of this appeal was revised to CHF 2,505,722 (USD 2.1m or EUR 1.4m). Appeal…

Insecurity has reached a level where most humanitarian operations planned in Masisi and Rutshurr districts had to be postponed. Fighting with heavy artillery has been reported throughout Masisi and Rutshuru districts. A food convoy managed to reach Masisi town on…

Period covered: 18 September to 7 October 2007; Appeal target (revised): CHF 3,922,365 (USD 3.2m or EUR 2.3m) for the entire appeal; the initial Togo budget component of this appeal was CHF 1,043,123; with this Ops Update no. 1 the…

UNICEF IS RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF FLOOD-AFFECTED FAMILIES IN GHANA, TOGO AND BURKINA FASO In Ghana, the UN has committed to respond to 75,000 people in most immediate need, which includes an estimated 15,000 children under the age of…

By Kinvi Amoussou and Moustapha Diallo Although the right to water has been recognized internationally as a human right, the majority of people in Niger lack access to clean water. In some areas of the country, the only means of…