Liberia + 1 more
General Situation 1. Highlights UNHCR High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers arrives in Liberia on 3 May on the final leg of eight-day mission to West Africa to review progress of the ongoing repatriation and reintegration of Sierra Leonean refugees and to assess…
Chad + 1 more
ABECHE, Chad, April 27 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency is investigating reports of a new influx of Sudanese into north-eastern Chad, an area already hosting earlier waves of refugees facing food and water shortages. According to local authorities in…
Côte d'Ivoire
14th-26th April 2004 1. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS Jean-Marie Guéhenno, USG for the UN peacekeeping operations in New York visited Côte d'Ivoire from the 15th-19th April. During his visit Guéhenno held talks with both President Gbagbo and the coalition of opposition parties…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS Le besoin d'une assistance d'urgence se fait toujours sentir pour les congolais expulsés d'Angola ; une assistance pour les violences sexuelles ainsi que le Sida demeurent encore…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
This report* does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations. Weekly Highlights Emergency assistance still needed for illegal migrant workers expelled from Angola ; Sexual violence support and HIV/AIDS one of the priority unmet requirements MONUC confirms presence of…
Sierra Leone
WHO has received reports of an outbreak of Lassa fever in Kenema district. Exact numbers of cases and deaths are not currently available. Preliminary laboratory testing performed by the WHO Collaborating Centers, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, South Africa…
Liberia + 1 more
General Situation 1. Highlights Liberia DDRR process commences Liberia's disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and resettlement (DDRR) of an estimated 40,000 combatants commenced on 15 April in Gbarnga, 86 miles northeast of Monrovia with out problems. As of 19 April, UNMIL had officially disarmed…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Relief & Rehabilitation in North Kivu & Oriental Provinces Appeal Target: US$ 1,486,969 Geneva, 19 April 2004 Dear Colleagues, The year 2003 saw some improvements in the political situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A peace agreement was signed by the…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
This report* does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations. Weekly Highlights 80-100,000 people face humanitarian crisis along the Angola-DRC frontier; OCHA leads inter-agency mission Clashes between armed groups in North-Kivu lead to several different population displacements within the…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS 80.000 à 100.000 personnes font face à une crise humanitaire le long de la frontière entre la RDC et l'Angola, selon différentes sources humanitaires. OCHA y a…
