Rapports

by Gauthier Lefèvre in Tréguine camp "This is the moment we have all been working for. After weeks of battling adverse conditions, we are finally ready to open." Nervous anticipation is palpable in the voice of Langdon Greenhalgh, Red Cross…

Three-year-old Fatima Habib Fadou is a severely malnourished child. Her breathing is fast and she wears the look of an old woman. She is out of danger though, after having been fed daily at the camp's therapeutic feeding centre. World…

Weekly Introduction: CCA Outlooks for October-December at One Month Lead East Africa The outlook for Oct-Dec 2004 East Africa rainfall at one month lead shows a tilt in the odds favoring above normal rainfall across southern Somalia, most of…

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 21 September 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. High Commissioner for Refugees…

Darfur is an area the size of France in western Sudan. It has a population of approximately 6 million people. The region is divided into three states, North, South and West Darfur. 2. The current crisis in Darfur, which has…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] IRIBA, 20 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Ousmane's mother thought that in Chad her son would be safe from the violence that engulfed their village in the Darfur…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] TREGUINE, 17 September (IRIN) - On the scorching slopes of the semi-desert in eastern Chad, 14,000 Darfur refugees are crossing their fingers and praying that an Australian in…

Weekly Introduction: Update of El Niño Warm-episode conditions are expected to continue into early 2005. Positive sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies greater than +0.5=B0C persisted in the central and western equatorial Pacific during August 2004. The increase and eastward expansion of the area…

FEWS NET Alert Status Emergency Highest Priority - Urgent Action Required In addition to the difficulties faced by Sudanese Chad:refugees in Chad, the local Chadian population has become food insecure after sharing their food and resources with refugees. In some areas, malnutrition…

Between 26 June and 12 September a total of 1292 cases and 42 deaths (case fatality rate 3.3%) of suspected hepatitis E cases have been reported from refugee camps Goz Amer, Goz Abal and neighbouring villages. The overall weekly…