Informes

Update of the ITCZ Position Last week we noted that the African portion of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) appeared to begin its transition southward and pointed out that, if true, this year's peak position would have…

With more than 2,000 U.S. soldiers on standby in the waters off the coast of Monrovia and a growing West African peacekeeping force on the ground, a degree of order has been established in the capital city. The recent appointment…

NAIROBI - The United Nations World Food Programme today warned that urgent contributions are needed to prevent malnutrition among refugees and drought victims in Rwanda. The agency is appealing for 6,200 tonnes of food worth US$ 3.3 million to continue…

Update July/August 2003 Overview Tensions have been heightened recently in Côte d’Ivoire due to the arrest of Ibrahim Coulibaly in France, accused of plotting the assassination of President Laurent Gbagbo. The Forces Nouvelles have demanded his release. Although…

(New York: 3 September 2003): Between May and August 2003, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) facilitated several inter-agency humanitarian assessment missions to the Pool region of the Republic of Congo with the cooperation of the government.…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Liberia Situation Report #8, dated August 27, 2003. Background Liberia has been marked by intermittent…

Humanitarian Activities 1. FAO increases aid to 125,000 people in Kayanza Province The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced on Monday [25 August] increased aid to thousands of vulnerable households in the northwestern Burundi Province of Kayanza, where there is significant…

World Vision has completed food distributions to about 3,500 people in the Morris Farm IDP camp, about 14 kilometers outside of Monrovia. On Thursday, August 28, about half of the nearly 7,000 community members received food from World Vision…

World Vision will partner with UNICEF to operate a supplementary feeding center for moderately malnourished children in the area. Because rebels had taken control of the area for several months, aid agencies were unable to bring food aid into…

Richard Poole just returned from a three-week humanitarian assessment mission in West Africa. In Liberia fifteen months of sustained and intensive warfare waged by the two rebel factions, LURD and MODEL, against government forces has left nearly half the population…