Informes

Humanitarian Activities 1. Food distribution update During the reporting week, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) distributed 121 Mt of food to nearly 6,500 targeted emergency distributions persons including 4,510 Batwa from Kiyange, in Buterere Zone (Bujumbura Town). Food security…

The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

IP/04/4 Brussels, 5 January 2004 - The European Commission has adopted three humanitarian aid packages totalling € 78 million to meet the needs of victims of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo (€40 million), Sudan (€20 million), and the…

13th December 2003 - 2nd January 2004 1. OVERVIEW The humanitarian situation remains precarious in numerous places in the country, as a direct consequence of the continuing political crisis. Particularly, the humanitarian community is concerned about the lack of public services…

The United Nations family in Sierra Leone offers deepest condolences to the bereaved families of peacekeepers from Bangladesh, who were killed in an aircrash on 25 December 2003, over Benin. The UN has confirmed that two Bangladeshi peacekeepers working…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Food distribution update During the reporting period, the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP) distributed 756 Mt of food targeting some 69,000 highly vulnerable people in the provinces of Bujumbura Rural, Bubanza, Mwaro and Muyinga. Bujumbura…

Country Profile: Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Mr Domitien Ndayizeye Currency Burundi Franc 1072.40 francs = US$1 (http://www.oanda.com) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main Religious Groups Catholic 62%, Protestant…

Humanitarian Activities 1. Burundi's former main rebel group agrees to stop using landmines Burundi's main former rebel group (Pierre Nkurunziza's CNDD-FDD) has agreed to stop stockpiling and using landmines, Geneva Call, (the organisation in charge of monitoring an agreement, under which armed…

19-24 December 2003 General Situation I. IDPs The relocation from the irregular shelter SKD that commenced on 19 December, ended 20 December, totaling the number of relocated IDPs to the six regular IDP camps in Montserrado County to 3,779.…

16- 19 December 2003 GENERAL SITUATION I. DDRR Programme The DDRR Programme is suspended since 17 December 2:00 p.m. following a United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) decision taken in consultation with Liberian political and military leaders. As of…