Rapports

SECURITY 1.1 Continued fighting between government and rebel forces The most important development on the security front over the past two weeks was the recapture of the city of Damara, 75 km from Bangui, which had been in rebel hands since…

By Joel Frushone, Policy Analyst Much of Africa's Great Lake's region is currently experiencing refugee outflows and influxes, and voluntary, forced, and spontaneous repatriations.=A0 Continued armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi, tenuous peace accords…

The European Union wishes to express its grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Ituri and the serious violations of human rights. It asks all parties to facilitate humanitarian access to the populations affected by the conflict and to respect…

Côte d'IvoireA Regional Humanitarian Crisis Unfolding The situation in the shantytowns of Abidjan remains worrisome. Security mop-up operations are still ongoing. The work of relief agencies is considerably hampered by the fact that virtually no warning is…

Please note that the present report will henceforth be produced fortnightly, and that it will no longer address military-security or political issues relating to the current crisis in the Central African Republic, or their likely impact on the prevailing humanitarian…

Humanitarian Context During 2002, the conflict between Government forces and dissidents spread to six counties in northern and western areas, causing loss of life, destruction of property and infrastructure and population displacement. There are presently an estimated…

Humanitarian Context In recent years, conflict in the Great Lakes has been truly regional in scope, character and consequence. Neighbouring states have either been actively involved in the long-running wars - and particularly that in the Democratic…

The present Weekly Update focuses on the humanitarian and socio-economic dimensions of the ongoing crisis in the Central African Republic. It flags current security and political issues only to the extent that they are likely to impact upon the…

PROFILE SUMMARY Liberia's slide back to war has created another displacement crisis: Five years after the end of the brutal civil war that killed an estimated 200,000 people and forced more than half the country's 2.8 million population to flee their…

BANGUI, 1 November (IRIN) - Humanitarian organisations in the Central African Republic on Friday expressed concern for the safety of thousands of civilians caught between retreating rebel forces of former CAR army chief of staff, Gen Francois Bozize, and…