Rapports

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Bintu Mansary's father was shot and killed as she and her family tried to escape the rebel attack on her village during the brutal Sierra Leonean civil war. "I had to keep running," says Bintu, who was…

02 - 09 octobre 2005 I. Situation politique et sécuritaire Le Conseil de paix et de sécurité de l'Union africaine (UA) s'est prononcé le 06 octobre 2005 à Addis Abeba pour le maintien de Laurent Gbagbo à la présidence de…

Security The general security situation in Bahr El Jebel State and Eastern Equatoria(1) remained tense due to Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) movement and activities in the region. The security situation in Juba town and the surrounding areas remained calm…

A. HIGHLIGHTS OF NATIONAL POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS The Ministry of Gender and Development, in collaboration with several Women Organizations and partners within the United Nations System, launched major awareness campaign to ensure a huge turnout for women voters during the…

ONUB/PIO/PR/96/2005 Bujumbura, Burundi - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has pledged to allocate US$ 3 million to support the free primary education programme which the newly elected President of Burundi, H.E. Pierre Nkurunzia, announced at his inauguration. Mr. Sherif Benadouda,…

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 August 27, 2004. BACKGROUND From 1989 to 2003, Liberia experienced intermittent civil war sparked by Charles…

"Vous ne pouvez pas vous decourager avant d'avoir commence!" -Catherine Mabobori Newly elected Burundian parliamentarian, Hon. Catherine Mabobori, paid a visit recently to the UNIFEM office in Kigali, Rwanda. Ms Mabobori is one of the 55 women elected to Parliament in…

1. Status of Return From November 2004 to date, a total of 221,828 IDPs have received their return assistance representing a total of 42,791 families. 2. Field Movement Figures and Categories Type of Assistance 43,426 Facilitated by IOM from the 8 November 2004 through 17…

Original reporting by Liz Shaffner-Wishner Adapted with permission for Christian Children's Fund It's an area often overlooked, a crisis too easily forgotten. And while the headlines give constant reminders of hunger and storms in other parts of the world, Mai Ensmann is…

18 - 25 September 2005 I. Political and Security Situation On 22 September 2005, President Laurent Gbagbo appointed by decree the members of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) that was provided for by the Pretoria agreements. IEC comprises the representatives of…