Rapports

Final Report by Sonya Le Jeune Summary Chad is a landlocked country with ecosystems ranging from desert in the north to relatively higher rainfall in the south. In the eastern part of Chad, on the border with Sudan, people survive through a…

Situation update Attacks on villages are still being reported in Darfur, western Sudan, where thousands of people have been killed and more than one million have been forced to flee from their homes. At least 110,000 have crossed the border…

Introduction 1. The Darfur Humanitarian Profile is a 'living document' that aims to provide as comprehensive an overview as possible of the number and locations of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other people affected by the recent conflict in…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY An estimated 761,000 children in Zimbabwe have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. Projections suggest that by the year 2005, there will be approximately 1.1 million children under the age of 15 who will have been orphaned…

ADVOCACY & PROMOTION OF CHILDREN'S & WOMEN'S RIGHTS New Publication: Towards a Baseline A girl born in southern Sudan has a much greater chance of dying in pregnancy or childbirth than of completing primary school. To put it another way, one…

According to the United Nations (UN), the crisis in the western Sudanese region of Darfur is currently the worst humanitarian and human rights catastrophe in the world. The UN has estimated that out of a pre-conflict population in Darfur…

In Brief Appeal No. 01.20/2004; Programme Update no. 1, Period covered: January to June 2004; Appeal coverage: 34.9%; Outstanding needs: CHF 3,145,206 (USD 2,487,312 or EUR 2,057,035). Appeal target: CHF 4,829,611 (USD 3,627,195 or EUR 3,108,857). Related Emergency or Annual Appeals: N/A…

Political developments Children who had been detained at Mandera Jail in Northwest Somalia ('Somaliland') following protests during the 18 May celebrations of Somaliland's declaration of sovereignty were released on June 16, the Day of the African Child. The release followed…

Food security is worrying in some Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) countries The food security situation in most of the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) is worrying. The recently concluded long-rains season in the equatorial sector of…

Written by Lesly Hallman, Staff Writer, RedCross.org Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - In the crowded camps of refugees and displaced people in western Sudan and Chad, parents are forced to wait and watch as their children slowly die of malnutrition and…