Informes

Current Context The veneer of calm in Monrovia masks a continuing and serious humanitarian and human rights emergency in the country as a whole. Though the capital remains superficially calm and business activity is picking up, there is a significant…

KINSHASA, 10 September (IRIN) - The UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Antoanella-Iulia Motoc, completed on Saturday a 10-day mission during which she visited the capital, Kinshasa, and the…

Humanitarian Activities 1. Landmines continue casualties Richard and Emmanueline are among scores of landmines victims in Burundi. A UNICEF report titled "Mine Victims in Burundi" says that 203 people suffered from landmine blasts in 2001 and 2002. It said 44 of…

Appeal Target: US$ 819,141 Geneva, 10 September 2003 Dear Colleagues, The Lutheran World Federation Department of World Service (LWF/WS) working with the Eglise du Christ au Congo (ECC) with its member churches would like to maintain their presence in…

There is no peace yet in Liberia. An emergency humanitarian response clearly separated from the peace-enforcement activities is needed now. The Security Council's highest priority must be to ensure that war-affected Liberians are protected from violence, and are assisted adequately,…

MSF addresses UN Security Council on urgent humanitarian needs. New York/Monrovia - Active fighting in Bong county northeast of the Liberian capital of Monrovia is threatening tens of thousands of people and forcing them to flee their homes and camps. In…

(September 9, 2003) This information is based on interviews conducted by a Human Rights Watch researcher in Liberia from August 23 - September 9, 2003. The interviews were conducted in Monrovia and Buchanan with displaced persons, child soldiers, rape…

AI Index: AFR 62/036/2003 (Public) News Service No: 207 Although the Transitional Government of National Unity of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has recently been established, thousands of children in the DRC continue to compelled to sacrifice their childhood for…

MONROVIA, Liberia, Sept 9 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency is growing increasingly concerned about the fate of thousands of Ivorian refugees scattered along Liberia's eastern border with Côte d'Ivoire, as widespread lawlessness and alarming rumours continue to fuel displacement,…

GENERAL SITUATION Combined United Nations and NGO inter-agency missions continued Monday, and over the weekend, assessing the needs of IDPs and other vulnerable populations in Bopolo, Buchanan, Salala, Falala, Kakate, and in Monrovia and its environs. A phased approach encouraging the…