Informes

Calm has now been restored and people are coming back to Ankoro. But the population remains worried, because these acts of violence were not the first and the troops who committed them are yet to be replaced. Kinshasa/Paris -…

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, 6 March - After more than a decade of civil war, Sierra Leone is now confronted with a new enemy: HIV/AIDS. In response to this emerging crisis, the United Nations today launched a ground-breaking initiative involving…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,391,019 Geneva, March 5, 2003 Dear Colleagues, The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) remains a country with high insecurity, divided and with a total breakdown in law and order. In the Eastern part of the country…

Thousands of people have fled a town in the Republic of Congo from fear of contracting the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 80 people in the last two months. More than 2,000 residents left Kelle and other communities…

GENERAL SITUATION Numbers Entering Guinea from Ivory Coast A further 59 people entered Guinea from Ivory Coast in the reporting period Of these, 39 are Liberians, six are Guineans, one Ivorian and 13 other West African Nationals. 45,268 people have arrived…

Shabunda, Eastern Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) April 2, 2003 - While international media attention is focused on the war in Iraq, forgotten humanitarian crises continue in areas of nominal peace, like Shabunda, DRC, where Action Against Hunger continues to encounter…

General Situation Life goes on in Abidjan, with various political, civic and religious actors daily calling for, either, calm and compromise, or a rejection of the programme to include the rebels in the government. Humanitarian Consequences UNHCR opened a new centre…

As of 27 February 2003, a total of 5 laboratory-confirmed and 92 probable cases, including 80 deaths, from Ebola haemorrhagic fever, has been reported in the districts of Mbomo and Kellé in Cuvette Ouest Region (see previous report ). The Congolese…

Humanitaire Editorial Le HC des NU aux Droits de l'Homme, Sergio Vieira de Mello, a clôturé sa visite au Burundi par un appel pour protéger [28/2-1/3] les civils et pour faire des progrès dans la recherche de la paix. Le Commissaire…

Humanitarian Editorial The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, ended his visit to Burundi [28/2-1/3] with an appeal to protect civilians and forge ahead with peace. The Commissioner called for an "end to the culture of impunity",…