Rapports

Nov 3 (Reuters) - Central African Republic's government demanded on Friday that rebels who seized a northeast town near the Sudan border should withdraw, and declined to respond immediately to their call for political negotiations. The capture of Birao on…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 3 November 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Recent inter-ethnic violence,…

KOUKOU, Chad, November 1 (UNHCR) With the end of the rainy season, a feared new wave of inter-ethnic violence has hit remote eastern Chad along its increasingly tense border with Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region. In scenes of devastation similar to…

KOUKOU, Tchad, 1er novembre (UNHCR) - A la fin de la saison des pluies, une nouvelle vague redoutable de violences interethniques a frappé les régions isolées de l'est du Tchad. La situation est de plus en plus tendue à…

Will locusts jeopardise the good agricultural season forecast? 1. Optimism Various information sources indicate that despite a difficult start, the Sahel and most of West Africa will experience a good agricultural season. The general consensus (Sahel and West African countries, the CILSS,…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] AM TIMAN, 30 October (IRIN) - Even as the bloody fallout from fighting between the Chad army and rebels at Am Timan in southern Chad is still being…

Par Valery Gottingar Dans une communication faite à l'Assemblée Nationale le jeudi 26 octobre 2006, M. Pascal Yoadimnadji, Premier Ministre, Chef du Gouvernement a principalement axé son intervention sur les derniers évènements de l'Est, affirmant que " dans cette nouvelle…

Par Valery Gottingar L'Assemblée Nationale, réunie en séance plénière, le jeudi 26 octobre 2006, a examiné et adopté la résolution dont la teneur suit : "a) Considérant la communication du Gouvernement sur la sécurité à l'Est du pays ; b) Gravement préoccupé…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 27 October 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. We've had several…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NDJAMENA, 26 October (IRIN) - There have been at least a dozen attacks by rebels opposed to Chad's president and skirmishes with the Chadian army in the last…