Rapports

A violent campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan has forced about 110,000 refugees into eastern Chad. These refugees are extremely food insecure and vulnerable to malnutrition and disease as humanitarian agencies and host communities struggle…

As of 4 April 2004, WHO has received reports of 19 cases and 4 deaths in Iriba district which has an attack rate above the epidemic threshold. The Ministry of Health is implementing measures to control the outbreak and…

International Medical Corps (IMC), a global humanitarian relief agency headquartered in Los Angeles, is on the ground in eastern Chad preparing to provide health care and nutritional support to refugees fleeing violence in the Darfur region of neighboring Sudan. The…

ABIDJAN, 7 April (IRIN) - The Sudanese government and two rebel movements in the western Darfur region held their first face-to-face talks in the Chadian capital N'djamena on Tuesday night, hours after Chadian mediators threatened to give up their…

Comunicado de prensa 34/04 Mañana se cumplen diez años del Genocidio de Ruanda Los proyectos, tanto de Emergencia como de Desarrollo, benefician a 1.765.000 personas en esta región. Otra gran crisis afecta ahora a la región sudanesa de Darfur y ha provocado…

5 April, 2004-Vatican City - Caritas Internationalis is responding to the desperate situation of the Sudanese with the launch of a 485,500 USD appeal. The fund will address three pressing needs: preparedness for returning refugees, road and ferry rehabilitation, and…

KHARTOUM, 2 April (IRIN) - The Sudanese government delegation to peace talks in Chad and representatives from Darfur's rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement, were holding talks with the Chadian mediators on Friday,…

(New York: 2 April 2004): Today, the United Nations launched a new appeal for over US$ 30 million to provide aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad during 2004. Because of the ongoing conflict in Darfur, some 110,000 Sudanese refugees are estimated…

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 2 April 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. More than 20,000…

Characterizing the humanitarian situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan as "ethnic cleansing", United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland said it was one of the world's worst, and one of its most neglected,…