Rapports

DHAKA, July 23 (Reuters) - A Bangladesh river ripped through an embankment on Friday to leave 350 families homeless, while authorities battled to get food and medicine to 75,000 people marooned elsewhere in the country by raging floods. The Padma…

Torrential monsoon rains lashing Bangladesh have flooded hundreds of villages, leaving 19 people dead and nearly one million displaced or marooned. At least 70,000 people have been evacuted to shelters after the rain-swollen Gumti River breached parts of a mud levee.…

This report includes: A) Democratic People's Republic of Korea B) Afghanistan C) Tajikistan D) FR Yugoslavia E) West Africa: Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Ghana F) Zambia G) Recent FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission Reports. From Manuel…

ISLAMABAD (July 22) XINHUA - Predicting 16 percent reduction in this year's cereal production in Afghanistan, a recent U.N. survey said the war-ravaged country is expected to import more cereals, said U.N. sources here Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization and…

By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL, July 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has arrived in Kabul for talks with the ruling Taleban amid preparations by the Islamic movement for an offensive against their last major foe. Lakhdar Brahimi is…

SOME FACTS The severe food crisis in the DPRK, and particularly its effects on vulnerable groups, is far from over and is inter-linked with the deteriorated public health and safe water supply and sanitation systems. Some of…

SOME FACTS The first half of 1999 has seen the humanitarian situation of the country worsens due to the enduring instability, conflict and natural disasters. The absence of the UN international staff from Afghanistan from August 1998…

JANUARY - JUNE 1999 SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION The Strategic Framework has been developed as a result of the exceptional circumstances that face Afghanistan. The commitment made by all parts of the system to its preparation has been tireless.…

JANUARY - JUNE 1999 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Mid-term Review of the Consolidated Appeal 1999 for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), provides a brief overview of the current humanitarian situation and reviews the progress of humanitarian programmes…

DHAKA, July 21 (Reuters) - Meteorologists warned on Wednesday that Bangladesh faced the prospect of devastating flooding this month from persistent monsoon rains. Large areas of southeastern Comilla district are already flooded after the Gomti river broke through an embankment…