Chad
Figure 1. Estimated current food security conditions,Quarter three (July to September) 2007 Seasonal flooding and a recent upsurge in interethnic violence have increased the scope and severity of household food insecurity in eastern and southern Chad, necessitating…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Since 1998, regional armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in an estimated 4 million deaths…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
E. Young & B. Grujic / MONUC Tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes following the clashes in North Kivu province between troops loyal to ex General Laurent Nkunda and the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC). In…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
E. Young & B.Grujic / MONUC Des dizaines de milliers de personnes ont été déplacées suites aux affrontements au Nord-Kivu entre les troupes dissidentes de l'ex Général Laurent Nkunda et les Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC).…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
HIGHLIGHTS - Fighting subsides; MONUC ceasefire holding; new displacement slows; sporadic attacks continue; situation still unstable - 61,750 IDPs new IDPs registered during reporting period - in both host families and collective sites; Bulengo IDP camp outside of Goma being set up -…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
KINSHASA, 11 September 2007 - Fighting in North Kivu is threatening the lives of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Tens of thousands of children have been displaced in the last weeks; many of them separated from…
Democratic Republic of the Congo + 1 more
In the wake of recent intense fighting in North-Kivu province between government forces and fighters loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda, Amnesty International today accused the DRC government and international community of having failed the people of eastern DRC. "Despite peace…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NAIROBI, 7 September 2007 (IRIN) - Clashes between government forces and dissident General Laurent Nkunda's fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are hampering efforts to deliver aid to thousands of civilians displaced from their homes by the violence,…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa, le 7 septembre 2007-Le Programme alimentaire mondial des Nations Unies (PAM) est inquiet face à l'intensification des combats dans la province du Nord-Kivu en République Démocratique du Congo, qui compliquent les distributions d'aide alimentaire pour des dizaines de milliers…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kinshasa, 7 September 2007 - WFP has expressed alarm at an upsurge in fighting in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that is hampering efforts to deliver food assistance to tens of thousands of people…
