Liberia + 1 more
Repatriation in Full Gear: More Sierra Leonean Refugees Opt to Return Home Overland repatriation of Sierra Leonean refugees continues with a sharp increase in the number of persons opting to repatriate. UNHCR has facilitated the return of 6,753 Sierra Leonean refugees…
Chad + 1 more
Vast majority of the refugee population will be unaccessible during the rainy season; thus, an urgent need to deliver relief aid before then Less than 5% of the US$ 6.8 million appeal covered US$ 1.9 million urgently…
Liberia + 1 more
MONROVIA, Liberia, June 8 (UNHCR) - Refugee children from Sierra Leone recently got together with Liberian child returnees to discuss future repatriation and reintegration activities specific to children amid mass movements in the region. In West Africa, huge repatriation programmes are…
Burundi
SG/SM/9351 AFR/963 Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Summit Meeting of the Regional Peace Initiative on Burundi in Dar-es-Salaam on 6 June, delivered by Berhanu Dinka, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Burundi: I send my greetings…
Burundi + 4 more
Jan Egeland, the United Nations Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, has personally committed to improving the UN system's response to the protection and material needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs). There are nearly 24 million…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 more
CYANGUGU, Rwanda, June 8 (UNHCR) - Ongoing tensions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and near the border with Rwanda may hinder efforts to help refugees on both sides of the border, warned the UN refugee agency…
Burundi + 7 more
(Extract) REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS BURUNDI: RETURNING INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN URGENT NEED OF ASSISTANCE AND PROTECTION As the return of Burundian refugees in Tanzania hastens (40,000 since the beginning 2004), half of the 280,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in camps in Burundi…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Des manifestations estudiantines violentes à l'encontre de l'ONU, puis des combats ont éclaté depuis mercredi dans plusieurs provinces de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), à la suite de la chute de la ville de Bukavu, chef-lieu de la…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
S0158/04 Brussels, 5 juin 2004 - Javier SOLANA, le Haut Représentant de l'UE pour la PESC, a exprimé aujourd'hui une fois de plus sa préoccupation au sujet des mouvements militaires en cours à l'Est du Congo. "Je condamne avec force les…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa, le 5 juin 2004 - Le CIAT condamne vigoureusement l'action militaire d'insurgés, dirigés par les mutins Nkunda et Mutebutsi de l'ex-ANC, contre le Gouvernement de Transition de la République Démocratique du Congo. Il condamne dans ce contexte les exactions…
