Informes

For Immediate Release Contact: Tamara Pleitez May 13, 1996 (301) 680-6380 MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) office in Liberia is open for communication purposes, but there are no development programs operating at the moment. The agency has donated…

Rectification: Two errors were made in the last report regarding the status and activities of Action Contre la Faim. First, it was incorrectly reported that Action Contre la Faim was terminating its nutrition programmes in the refugee camps due to…

This is number 8 in a series of weekly reports from IRIN on general developments in the Great Lakes region. Sources for the information below include UN, NGO, ICRC and media reports. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit…

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE - The Adventist Development and Relief Agency's (ADRA) Sierra Leone office has just accepted a request by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to take over the…

UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS INTEGRATED REGIONAL INFORMATION NETWORK PO Box 30218 Nairobi Kenya Tel: +254 2 441125 Fax: +254 2 448816 e-mail: irin@dha.unon.org INTRODUCTION During March and April there have been a number of significant developments relating to the conflict in Masisi zone…

Rising violence in Burundi has brought fears of a genocide to rival Rwanda's in 1994. Neighbouring Tanzania is worried that another refugee flood might suddenly pour over its border. Now, reports Gemini News Service, Tanzanian elder statesman Julius Nyerere has…

Repatriation According to UNHCR, during the month of April, 3,533 refugees returned to Rwanda through UNHCR assistance. This was a decrease of 27% compared to March figures. UNHCR reports that increased intimidation and administrative delays in organising visits by Rwandese Government…

The ICRC is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Burundi and the circumstances of the civilian population which is being increasingly targeted in the fighting. Ten of the fifteen provinces in the country have been or continue to…

MORNING HR/CERD/96/2 COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OPENS FORTY-NINTH SESSION AT GENEVA Members of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination expressed concern this morning about ongoing violence in Burundi and urged that the anti-bias panel discuss the situation…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) LIBERIA - Complex Emergency Background: On April 6, 1996, fighting in Monrovia erupted between two armed factions, Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL)…