Rapports

UNITED NATIONS DISASTER ASSESSMENT AND COORDINATION TEAM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The UNDAC team gratefully acknowledges the kind assistance and support offered by the Nigerian Federal and Lagos State Government authorities, the Nigerian military, the UN Resident Co-ordinator, the UN Country…

Ref: OCHA/Gva - 2002/0036 OCHA Situation Report No. 4 Nigeria - Ammunition Dump Explosion 6 February 2002 Situation 1. To date over 1,000 bodies have been recovered after the explosion at the ammunition depot in Lagos State, on Sunday 27 January. However,…

Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2002) Africare is providing supplies to refugees, now homeless and destitute, in the wake of the explosions in Lagos, Nigeria on January 27, 2002. With other assistance agencies that are addressing emergency food and health care…

LAGOS, 5 February (IRIN) - Ethnic fighting in Lagos has killed dozens of people and forced thousands to seek refuge in military barracks and other safe places, witnesses said. The clashes pitted local Yorubas against Hausa-speakers from northern Nigeria. The…

Silver Spring, Maryland - The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) provided emergency relief for people who fled the Nigerian armory explosion in Lagos on January 27, 2002. In response to the emergency, ADRA Nigeria provided rice for 3,000 people,…

LAGOS, 4 février (IRIN) - Le décès de plus d'un millier de personnes a été confirmé à l'issue des explosions en chaîne déclenchées par un incendie dans une armurerie à Lagos, la plus grande métropole du Nigéria, ont fait…

LAGOS, 4 February (IRIN) - At least 20 people have died in clashes since Saturday in Lagos, Nigeria, between local Yorubas and Hausa-speaking northerners, residents and other sources said. The clashes were sparked by a dispute between a Yoruba and a…

LAGOS, 4 February (IRIN) - More than 1,000 people have so far been confirmed dead as a result of massive explosions that followed a fire at an ammunitions dump in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos, officials said. Lagos State Commissioner for…

5937/02 (Presse 25), P 14/02 Brussels, 4 February 2002 - On Sunday 27 January, massive explosions at an army base in Ikeja, Lagos, resulted in the death of hundreds of ordinary Nigerians, many of them women and children, and caused…

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 2002/0032 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Nigeria - Ammunition Dump Explosion 4 February 2002 1. The number of people killed in the explosion at the ammunition depot in Lagos State stands at approximately 1,000. The International Federation of…