Informes

ECHO/COD/BUD/2004/01000 Explanatory memorandum 1. Executive summary The installation of a national transition government in July 2003 pursuant to the Acte Global et Inclusif signed in Pretoria in December 2002 officially ended seven years of civil war in DRC. With most of the…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: NA The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

SUMMARYDire situation The Liberian people have suffered a worsening humanitarian situation due to escalating conflict and a recent surge of fighting in their country. During this fighting, civilians were direct targets of warfare. People reported gross violations of…

SUMMARYAlarming conditions Burundians live in some of the worst conditions in the world. Every province in the country, except one, endured sporadic fighting, looting or armed banditry in 2003. While political progress has recently been made by a…

SUMMARYDisplacement, drought, disease While prospects for peace in the Great Lakes region are promising, the region's 127 million people are struggling to cope with raging conflicts, repeated and continued displacement, drought and disease, including the HIV/AIDS pandemic. People…

SUMMARYRegional crisis Civilians in parts the West Africa sub-region continued to suffer various forms of insecurity during 2003. In Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia, they endured economic stagnation and violent conflicts. In Mali and Burkina Faso, their economies were…

SUMMARYCrisis brings hardship The people of the Central African Republic (CAR), after repeated attempted coups in recent times, have suffered a political-military crisis since October 2002 that brought hardship to most of the population. While most people support…

SUMMARYBorder needs Populations in Guinea's refugee-hosting and war-affected areas near the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia remain vulnerable and in need of aid. People are suffering worsening poverty in these areas, which have hosted hundreds of thousands…

SUMMARYStill recovering Sierra Leoneans are still recovering from an eleven-year conflict that devastated much of the country and brought much suffering to its people. More than half of the population was displaced, economic activities were severely disrupted and…

SUMMARYCatastrophe The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to suffer intensely from over five years of war that has left trails of death and destruction throughout the country. People in eastern Congo are worst affected…