Niger
By Nina Martinek As part of the launch of 'Progress for Children No. 5: A Report Card on Water and Sanitation', UNICEF is featuring a series of stories focused on achieving the 2015 targets set by Millennium Development Goal 7…
Congo
Ce communiqué de presse a été émis par la délégation de Brazzaville Les travaux de réhabilitation de l'usine de traitement d'eau de Kinkala ont démarré. C'est grâce à un partenariat entre la délégation du Comité international de la Croix-Rouge (CICR)…
Burundi + 1 more
ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES UNICEF assists vulnerable women in Karuzi and Ruyigi: Over the last week of August 2006, UNICEF and the local faith-based association Mother's Union of Gitega distributed Non Food Items kits (including blankets, loincloth, soap, mosquito net, plate and…
Central African Republic
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Period covered by this…
Chad + 1 more
It is three years since the conflict in Darfur, Western Sudan, escalated into a major humanitarian crisis. Today the situation is as desperate as ever: - 2 million people - nearly one in three people in Darfur - have fled…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief Period covered by this…
Côte d'Ivoire
28 août - 03 septembre 2006 I. Situation politique et sécuritaire OCHA-Man rapporte que des braquages et des incidents de sécurité continuent et prennent des proportions de plus en plus inquiétantes dans la zone de confiance sur l'axe Bangolo-Duekoue. En effet,…
Burundi
On the 31st of August (Thursday), the Government of Japan and the United Nations (UN) decided to extend assistance totalling 2,182,491.34 US dollars (approximately 246.62 million yen), through the Trust Fund for Human Security to a project entitled "Inter-Agency Programme…
Burundi + 2 more
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 situation report was dated September 14, 2005. BACKGROUND After independence in 1962, the Tutsi minority maintained power almost continuously over…
Côte d'Ivoire
21-27 août 2006 I. Situation politique et sécuritaire OCHA-Duékoué rapporte que le 24 août 2006, Bloléquin (région du Moyen Cavally), est devenu l'arène des affrontements entre la communauté guéré et communautés dites «étrangères» venues de la zone CIB (Zou) dans…
