Rapports

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field DARFUR Humanitarian situation Fighting in Western Darfur and south of Nyala continues. It is reported to have resulted in large numbers of casualties. The fighting is provoking further displacement of people and illnesses. The main…

07 - 13 August 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights Liberia: One year without Taylor It is one year this week since Nigeria's President Olusugun Obasanjo offered former Liberian President Charles Taylor asylum in Nigeria. The offer was part of an international plan…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS Une attaque du camp de réfugiés congolais à Gatumba (au Burundi) fait environ 150 morts et plusieurs blessés dans la nuit 13 au 14 août 04. L'attaque…

Eastern Chad is desperately short on nearly every resource, from food and water to fuel and building materials. But in the face of a 200,000-person refugee crisis, another of the region's shortages has become frighteningly apparent. There are almost no…

While controlling the spread of meningitis in Burundi seems manageable, the country needs more vaccine for nationwide campaigns and better public education to recognize symptoms of the disease, the United Nations health agency said today. As one commune was vaccinated,…

KAMBIA, Sierra Leone, Aug 10 (UNHCR) It was probably one of the longest ambulance calls in the history of Sierra Leone, travelling 148 km from Freetown to Kambia in the north. As the distant siren approached and bathed the…

Humanitarian Activities 1 Update on meningitis During last week's health sector coordination meeting, participants concluded that the meningitis situation appeared manageable, although the situation still needed to be followed closely. Agencies noted that every time they finished a vaccination campaign in one…

The Federal Foreign Office has made available 451,800 euro from its humanitarian aid budget to the German Red Cross. These funds will be used to finance a German Red Cross project in eastern Chad aimed at providing basic health…

HHS/CDC recommend immediate increase in feeding programs, food rations, and public health measures Sudanese children in refugee camps in northeastern Chad risk serious illness or death from lack of food, clean water, shelter, and health care, say survey findings released…

CARE is scaling up its response to the acute humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan and Chad, which has left more than one million people internally displaced in Darfur and a further 200,000 across the border in Chad. CARE Australia's…