Rapports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] MONROVIA, 28 August (IRIN) - The flare-up in fighting between Liberian government fighters and rebels in several parts of the war-ravaged West African nation this week, underscores the extreme…

BRAZZAVILLE, 25 August (IRIN) - The government of the Republic of Congo has set 15 September as its new date for returning thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Pool region to their homes, revising its earlier target…

NAIROBI, 21 August (IRIN) - Some 20,000 people who have sought refuge in Bunia, the main town of the troubled Ituri District of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have started to receive some 400 mt of food…

Approximately 900 Nigerian ECOWAS troops are now in Liberia, and ECOMIL patrols have now started. Liberia's interim government and the rebel groups have now signed a peace deal, and a power-sharing administration is due to take charge in October…

(New York: 18 August 2003) - The signing of an agreement on humanitarian access is a hopeful sign that it will be possible to meet the needs of Liberia's long-suffering population-many of whom have been cut off from aid…

International agency Oxfam will fly a plane with $144,000 US worth of desperately-needed emergency aid supplies from London to Liberia at 9pm GMT, to arrive in the capital Monrovia on Wednesday morning. The plane will be loaded with equipment to help…

(New York: 13 August 2003) - In war-ravaged Monrovia today, UN humanitarian agencies continued to scale up their operations in Liberia's capital city. Severe food, water, and health care shortages still beset the city's roughly 450,000 internally displaced persons (IDPS) as…

Save the Children UK has sent a third consignment of relief supplies by charter plane to Monrovia, which arrived this morning. The consignment includes high energy biscuits, plastic sheeting, blankets and medical supplies to assist the families displaced within…

Country Profile: Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Mr Domitien Ndayizeye Currency Burundi Franc 1072.40 francs = US$1 (www.oanda.com) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main…

The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is at a critical juncture. In the capital of Kinshasa, a transitional government has been established in an effort to pave the way toward political stability and democratic elections.…