Rapports

BATTICALOA DISTRICT: CURRENT SITUATION Total number of displaced persons in Batticaloa district 158, 451 persons (Government Agent Batticaloa) 20/03/07 Displaced families 41,604 families Sites 93 Highest number of displaced per district 41,685 persons in Manmunai South & Eruvil Pattu 34,729 persons in Manmunai North 23,057 persons in Eravur Pattu Humanitarian Context…

General IDP Situation According to the Government statistics (20th March 07), the total registered IDP population in the District was 41,604 families (158,451) individuals living in 93 IDP sites. Regarding the returns to places of origin, so far, 10,150 IDPs…

By Patrick Fuller, communications coordinator, International Federation, Sri Lanka Humanitarian agencies in Sri Lanka are struggling to cope with the dramatic increase in Internally Displaced People (IDPs) who have fled their homes in the past week due to an…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) NOTE: The last fact sheet was dated March 13, 2007. KEY DEVELOPMENTS As of March 16, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner…

On 20 March 2007, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Regional Director for Asia, Tony Banbury stated that the WFP will "run out of food supplies by the end of April 2007" to feed the increasing number of Internally…

BANGKOK - The United Nations World Food Programme is increasing its operations in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka to ensure that basic food supplies quickly reach persons forced out of their homes by recent intensified fighting. More than…

KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update There continues to be shelling in the Muhamalai, Poonakary and Vadamarachchi East parts. Heavy shelling continued south of Mullaitivu district during the week. Internally Displaced Persons The number of IDPs has increased by…

Mercredi 7 mars dernier, une audience s'est tenue devant la Cour de Kantale (Est du Sri Lanka) suite au massacre des 17 collaborateurs d'Action contre la Faim à Muthur en août dernier. Au cours de cette audience, le magistrat…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) NOTE: The last fact sheet was dated February 2, 2007. KEY DEVELOPMENTS More than 40,000 civilians fled escalating fighting between the Government of…

Vatican City, 13 March 2007 - Caritas fears the steady increase in violence in Sri Lanka has now erupted into open conflict. Over 200,000 people have been forced from their homes in the north and northeast of the country,…