Rapports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) Note: The last situation report was dated February 10, 2006 BACKGROUND On January 9, 2005, the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) signed the Comprehensive…

Says Bold Measures Needed; Full Involvement of UN, African Union Required SC/8618 Security Council 5353rd Meeting (AM) The threat level had been raised for staff of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in areas of…

MILE REFUGEE CAMP, Chad, 29 Dec. (UNHCR) -- The 27-year-old Sudanese refugee woman is lying on a mat on the floor of her tent. Covered with a thin blanket, with a shawl over her shoulders, she is barely moving.…

Original reporting by Liz Shaffner-Wishner Adapted with permission for Christian Children's Fund It's an area often overlooked, a crisis too easily forgotten. And while the headlines give constant reminders of hunger and storms in other parts of the world, Mai Ensmann is…

SOUTH SUDAN Security The announcement on 1 August of John Garang's tragic death in a helicopter crash sparked violent riots between southerners and northerners in Khartoum and its outskirts. The southern towns of Juba and Malakal also saw violence, as southerners…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY More than 220,000 Sudanese from Darfur have fled the ongoing violence in their region and crossed the border into the desert of eastern Chad. Most of the refugees are now in camps; however, at the time of the…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This report updates Fact Sheet # 37, dated June 10, 2005. DARFUR EMERGENCY - NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict-Affected Persons in Darfur and…

Summary In February 2004, the International Rescue Committee deployed an emergency response team to northeastern Chad to start up emergency programs for Sudanese refugees fleeing the conflict in Darfur. IRC's activities concentrated on the northernmost refugee population centers in Chad near…

Survivors of rape living in refugee camps in eastern Chad currently have almost no access to assistance. The response to gender-based violence (GBV) is underdeveloped and inadequate. Given the widespread use of rape as a weapon war in Darfur,…

Introduction Since the conflict began in early 2003, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator's Office estimates that up to two million people have been internally displaced in western Sudan's region of Darfur. According to UNHCR, another 213,000 have sought refuge in eastern…