Rapports

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Somalia is at a crossroads, as the conclusion of the latest peace talks leads to the formation of a new transitional government that promises to end years of political instability and violence. The country…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The goal of the 2005 Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) is to ensure continued support to life-sustaining humanitarian assistance during a key period of transition in Burundi, which if consolidated, could finally enable recovery and…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Five years after the 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia, Eritrea continues to endure its aftermath - destroyed houses, mined villages, shattered livelihoods, hunger and malnutrition. With the travails of post-conflict resettlement, the period following…

Background Darfur Crisis and the Environment Long-term ethnic conflict in the states of Northern, Southern and Western Darfur along Sudan's western border escalated in 2002-03 into warfare and a humanitarian emergency.1 The results include an estimated 1.6 million internally displaced people (IDPs),…

Introduction Pabbo IDP camp in Gulu district is one of the first and largest internally displaced peoples' camps with a population of over 64,000 people. It was formed as a result of the 18-year-old insurgency by the…

Report on ICRC activities in the field Focus on the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's activities in Sudan As a part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the ICRC works in collaboration with other components of the…

"Our findings show a situation that is beyond an acute emergency. We are doing what we can, but more assistance is needed immediately" - MSF spokesperson. <a href=http://www.msf.org target==5Fnew>MSF: Kampala - Recent retrospective mortality surveys conducted by international medical relief organisation…

NYALA, Sudan/NEW YORK, 8 November 2004 UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow and her son Seamus are in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan, to witness firsthand the worsening humanitarian crisis. Ms. Farrow has been visiting camps for people forced to flee…

A humanitarian team, sent by the United Nations mission in Sudan, has found that the El Geer camp, from which Sudanese police and military units removed internally displaced people (IDPs) in Darfur, was looted and destroyed. "The UNICEF-installed water pump and…

Note: This report updates fact sheet 5, dated October 29, 2004. DARFUR EMERGENCY - NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict-Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad More than 2 million people U.S. Government, European Union, and United Nations Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur 1.6 million people U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…