Informes

INTRODUCTION NIGERIA: A rendez-vous with history Only two general elections in Nigeria have been organised by civilian governments since independence from Britain in 1960. In each case, the elections were marred by irregularities and violence. In each case, they were followed…

(New York, April 30, 2003) Fighting has intensified in Burundi in the months before the transfer of power to a new president today, Human Rights Watch said. There have been military operations in nine of Burundi's seventeen provinces in…

S/2003/514 Letter dated 29 April 2003 from the Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to transmit herewith a statement issued on 15…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiatives Program Description Program Goals and Objectives USAID/OTI's goal in Burundi is to promote good governance and the active and informed participation of citizens. To work towards this…

United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Office of Transition Initiatives Program Description USAID/OTI's goal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is to enhance the informed participation of Congolese society in political and economic…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS There is a critical need for further international action to end the civil war in Liberia - and to halt the spread of chaos beyond its borders that has both inflamed the Côte d'Ivoire crisis and…

Humanitarian Editorial The new President, Domitien Ndayizeye, and Vice-President, Alphonse-Marie Kadege, were officially sworn into their new positions on Wednesday [30 April]. Former South African President Mandela, mediator to the Burundi peace process, attended the investiture ceremony. The challenge now is to…

POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTSSierra Leone Celebrates 42nd Independence Anniversary On the 28th of April, Sierra Leone celebrated its 42nd Independence Anniversary from Britain. During his address to the nation, President Kabbah congratulated Sierra Leoneans for a year of peace.…

The Federal Foreign Office is making 200,000 euro available to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the protection and care of refugees from the Central African Republic in Chad. Since December 2002, approximately 38,000 refugees…

Malgré les accords de cessez-le-feu signés entre différents mouvements rebelles et le gouvernement de transition, on assiste paradoxalement, depuis janvier, à une recrudescence des combats. Ceux-ci ont notamment pour conséquences des déplacements de populations, une restriction de l'accès humanitaire et…