Rapports

This report* does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations. Weekly Highlights MONUC inquiry determines at least 25 civilians killed during attack last month in Lutwegi, North-Kivu Province Precarious humanitarian situation reported for new waves of Congolese expelled from…

A violent campaign of ethnic cleansing in Darfur, Sudan has forced about 110,000 refugees into eastern Chad. These refugees are extremely food insecure and vulnerable to malnutrition and disease as humanitarian agencies and host communities struggle…

As of 4 April 2004, WHO has received reports of 19 cases and 4 deaths in Iriba district which has an attack rate above the epidemic threshold. The Ministry of Health is implementing measures to control the outbreak and…

As of 31 March 2004, WHO has received reports of 43 cases and 7 deaths in the Central African Republic. Two districts, Nana Boguila (39 cases, 5 deaths) and Zere (4 cases, 2 deaths) have attack rates above the…

International Medical Corps (IMC), a global humanitarian relief agency headquartered in Los Angeles, is on the ground in eastern Chad preparing to provide health care and nutritional support to refugees fleeing violence in the Darfur region of neighboring Sudan. The…

Dakar/Abidjan, 8 April 2004: UNICEF expressed deep concern today about the recent violence in Côte d'Ivoire and the impact of continuing tensions on women and children in Abidjan and throughout the country. UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa Rima…

Context The Accra peace accord signed in August 2003, followed by the deployment of UN peacekeepers (UNMIL), has brought an end to Liberia's 14 years of civil war. A fragile peace is now in place and security has improved in…

Rwanda has one of world's highest proportions of child-headed households GENEVA/NEW YORK, 6 April 2004 - Ten years after the genocide in Rwanda that took the lives of 800,000 people, the country's children continue to struggle with the lingering impact of…

Ten years ago this week some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in the genocide that broke out on April 6th, the worst planned ethnic killing since the Holocaust fifty years prior. The events of 1994 ripped through…

Rotarians were among the civic leaders and volunteers who helped fill the void left by the total collapse of government during Liberia's 14-year-old civil war that killed tens of thousands, displaced close to a million, and devastated much of…