Rapports

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: A DREF application is in process.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…

Since late 1996, the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex Zaire) has been ravaged by war. Every day, men, women and children are shot and killed. Others succomb to illness, hunger, thirst, exile and exhaustion as they attempt to flee…

The ICRC's Red Cross message network in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the largest in the world. It's one of many activities carried out in the country's conflict areas that extend well beyond Bunia, and include North…

(2003- 83) News Release Ottawa - The Honourable Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, today announced that Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is providing $5.8 million in humanitarian assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). "We applaud…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background Armed conflict in northern Uganda combined with violent looting and cattle raids by Karamojong pastoralists in the east have…

I. Military/Political Developments Facing mounting international pressure to have the US lead a Liberia mission that would include West African peacekeepers, the US president is considering deployment of troops to the war torn West African nation. Timing of the announcement…

I. Military/Political Developments The Liberian head of state is reported to have turned down an offer that was to accord him safe heaven in Nigeria. The offer was reportedly negotiated with the help of a Security Council mission, which is…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Liberia has been marked by intermittent civil war since Charles Taylor launched a rebellion against the military regime of…

June 2003 Northern Uganda spiralling out of control? In the past month, the LRA violence has been escalating in Northern Uganda, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation and paralyzing further, the social and economic livelihood of the affected…

SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS According to UNAMSIL, the security situation across the country remained calm and stable during the reporting period. However, due to the fluid Liberia security situation and the recent arrests by the special court, security has…