Rapports

By Diana Mavunduse Having walked for hours in the blistering sun in search of food and water for their animals, Alimah and his brothers finally reached a water-well where their goats and camels could drink. "I have never gone to…

Reporting Period: 20 March - 3 April 2003 PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS (Based on the 10 point outcome objectives of UNICEF response to the humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa) Outcome objective 1: 95% of children immunized against measles and given Vitamin A supplementation A…

Luanda, 04/03 - Humanitarian organisms working in Angolan are preparing the returning of 142,178 refugees settled in Zambia, Namibia and in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), expected to start on July 2003, an official source announced on Thursday. A…

Federation News 07/03 The Red Cross Society of Eritrea (RCSE) has begun a food distribution programme in the northern region of Hagaz, one of the worst affected by the severe drought in the Horn of Africa country. Two thirds of…

Assessment Mission: 9 - 22 February 2003 By Ahmed Ali Egeh and Dechassa Lemessa, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1 Introduction and background Tigray region suffered from prolonged civil war and the Ethio-Eritrea border conflict being the most recent conflict that inflicted heavy…

Assessment Mission: 2 - 13 March 2003 François Piguet, Field Officer, UN-Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia 1 Introduction and background Three years of low rainfalls and poor harvests in Hararghe have spurred the UN-EUE to organize a follow-up assessment mission…

Humanitarian Community to Gear Up for Second Half of the Year The current re-assessment of food needs for 2003 in selected areas of the country is likely to bring an increase in beneficiary numbers. The DPPC and NGOs are currently…

By George Kararach For the past two years, George Kararach has worked as a consultant policy analyst in Zimbabwe - for the last year working with UNICEF Zimbabwe. The support of UNICEF in preparing this article is gratefully acknowledged. The opinions…

Northwest Zone (NWZ), Hargeisa - UNICEF activities in the zone cover Awdal, West Galbeed, Togdheer, Sool and Sanaag regions. GENERAL SITUATION Political developments: According to media reports, heightened political activity was witnessed in March as the campaigns for the Presidential polls went…

Half a million Kenyans lack adequate food Some 500,000 people are currently food insecure in the areas of West Pokot, southern Turkana, Baringo and the agro-pastoral Marakwet Districts says a report on short rains assessment carried out in the area in…