Informes

Fighting between government forces and Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels in and around the Liberian capital of Monrovia for more than a week continues to take a heavy toll on civilians. Mortars and stray bullets hit…

One team that MSF had set up in West Point has transformed itself into a wheelbarrow ambulance brigade. They have taken it upon themselves to bring severely injured patients to the MSF hospital in Mamba Point by stretcher and…

Appeal Target: CHF 1,766,438 Period covered: April - June, 2003The 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…

18 - 28 July 2003 General Description: The situation in Monrovia has reached a humanitarian disaster. There is no semblance of a government. Health services have collapsed and food supply is running out very fast. If the security situation does not…

(2003- 85) News Release Ottawa -- The Honourable Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, and the Honourable Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today that Canada will contribute an additional $1.75 million in humanitarian assistance to Liberia and neighbouring countries,…

Security Situation Over this past weekend heavy fighting was reported around the Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC), about 45 kilometers east of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County. According to an official of the local Red Cross Chapter in the area, speaking…

Security Last week Monday Monrovia saw its heaviest mortar attacks with one mortar landing inside the US Embassy compound, hitting one residence. It was estimated that up to 40 mortars landed in the Capital with heavy concentrations at Mamba Point,…

Fighting has intensified in Monrovia today as the government forces try to repel the LURD rebels' third attack on the city. After 7 days of fighting, the humanitarian situation is desperate with over 200,000 people displaced within the city…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Liberia has been marked by intermittent civil war since Charles Taylor launched a rebellion against the military regime of…

Monrovia/Brussels - This morning shells landed in Monrovia's "Mamba Point" neighbourhood, where MSF has been running two hospitals since the city's public hospital was forced to close a month ago. One shell exploded only ten metres from the gates of…