Informes

Abidjan, 16 May 2003 - After eight months of crisis, the current process of reconciliation in Cote d'Ivoire is leading to conditions that will allow safe access to vulnerable populations throughout the entire country. In order to better respond…

April 22nd - May 16th 2003 Overview The coming weeks will be decisive in determining if the worrying humanitarian situation in Cote d'Ivoire will continue to deteriorate. The formation of the national reconciliation government is not yet complete with the ministers…

The United Nations has stepped up efforts to secure a limited ceasefire and move additional doctors and medical supplies into the troubled Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where rival groups have been fighting for…

Text: Kent Page, UNICEF Regional Communication Officer, Western & Central Africa Region 15 May 2003, Blamacee Internally Displaced Persons Camp, Monrovia, Liberia - "It happened in my village in Tubmanburg, Bomi County", says eleven-year old Vera. "That's where I lived with…

(Extracted from JRS Dispatches No. 132) Twice monthly news bulletin from the Jesuit Refugee Service International Office REFUGEE NEWS BRIEFINGS ACEH, INDONESIA: CONTINUING VIOLENCE LEADS TO FURTHER DISPLACEMENT The security situation on the ground in the Indonesian province of Aceh is deteriorating rapidly,…

MONROVIA/FREETOWN, May 15 (UNHCR) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Rudd Lubbers has warned Liberian officials that the humanitarian situation in their country has gone "from bad to worse" and urged them to support an effort to build…

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello today expressed his grave concern at the latest reports of indiscriminate killings in Bunia, in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and in particular…

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, May 12 (UNHCR) - UN refugee agency chief Ruud Lubbers today met with Côte d'Ivoire's top leaders to discuss possible solutions for refugee populations in the strife-torn West African country. On Monday, Lubbers met with Ivorian President Laurent…

As the International Contact Group on Liberia meets in Brussels on 12 May to continue efforts to resolve the internal armed conflict - and its regional repercussions - it should give priority to the worsening human rights and humanitarian…

The UN Security Council must not continue to fail the people of Bunia Oxfam GB, alarmed at the collapse of security in Bunia, north east Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is calling on the UN Security Council to deploy a…