Rapports

GAGA, le 5 mai (IRIN) - Une première vague de réfugiés a été convoyée mardi dans le nouveau camp de Gaga établi par l'agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) pour désengorger les onze camps existants à l'est…

Emergency Assistance to Sudanese Refugees in Eastern Chad: EMOP 10327.0 Highlights WFP/UNHCR current target caseload figure for the month of May is estimated at 193,300 refugees. Figure likely to change pending results of ongoing verification/registration processes in some…

Weekly Introduction: Update of Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) Position: We have re-initiated posting the position of the ITCZ along with a comparison with its normal position (www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/fews/ITCZ/itcz.html). During the period from April 21-30, 2005, the Africa portion of the…

Système d'Alerte Précoce pour les Maladies à potentiel épidémique Points saillants de la 17ème semaine Le syndrome respiratoire aigu reste la première cause de morbidité et de mortalité, après les pathologies regroupées dans la catégorie "Autres " La diarrhée aqueuse aiguë vient…

The total number of individuals now infected is likely to be two or three times higher than the reported figure. In the paediatric ward of some hospitals, 50% of the death toll is due to measles in April. MSF: N'Djamena/Luxembourg -…

BACKGROUND On January 9, 2005, the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) officially ending Africa’s longest running civil war. Over the course of the 21-year conflict,…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 29 April (IRIN) - More than 100 people have died from measles in the Chadian capital N'djamena and the surrounding southern provinces and up to 24,000 people…

As the 60-nation Oslo donor conference for Sudan concluded two weeks ago, the success of the meetings underscored an alarming disparity among international humanitarian response efforts. While the Sudan and the tsunami-affected countries are receiving strong financial support, the response…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 26 April (IRIN) - Two out of eleven refugee camps in arid eastern Chad, where 200,000 people eke out a precarious existence after fleeing conflict in nearby…

GENEVA, April 25 (UNHCR) - Security, basic living conditions and funding are among the top concerns of the UN refugee agency in Sudan and Chad, said Acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin after returning from a five-day trip to the…