Rapports

KIGALI, Rwanda, March 11 (UNHCR) - More than 800 Burundians have arrived in neighbouring Rwanda in the last two weeks, citing threats and fears of violence surrounding a recent referendum. The new arrivals - some 600 Tutsis and a large…

Appeal Target: US$ 2,107,883Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: 1,507,119 Geneva, 11 March 2005 Dear Colleagues, In Burundi, the periodic outburst of violence has continued to destabilise parts of the country, causing displacement and hardship coupled with returnees from neighbouring…

Alert Headline: Réfugiés menacés par déficits des rations Le retard dans l'acheminement des vivres crée un déficit dans les rations distribuées aux réfugiés soudanais Suite à la mission conjointe PAM/FAO/PNUD/FEWS NET et Gouvernement du Tchad en novembre 2004,…

HIGHLIGHTS Increased efforts against HIV/AIDS: the local association for the support to persons living with HIV (ANSS) inaugurated its centre "Turiho= we're alive" on Friday 4 March. This was also the occasion to launch the operational plan for the improvement of…

L'INSECURITE ALIMENTAIRE POURRAIT CONDUIRE A UNE SITUATION DE FAMINE SI DES MESURES APPROPRIEES NE SONT PAS PRISEES A TEMPS Environ 1 856 347 personnes (65 % de la population du pays) développent, aujourd'hui, des stratégies de survie…

Christian Children's Fund has recently reopened sponsorship in Sierra Leone. In 1997, CCF's sponsorship program in Sierra Leone was curtailed by civil war that, between 1991 and 2002, took tens of thousands of lives and displaced more than 2 million…

The security situation has deteriorated sharply for the civilian population living in the eastern Congolese province of Ituri since nine UN peacekeeping soldiers were killed more than a week ago. The scale of fighting between militia and UN peacekeeping troops is…

21 Feb - 6 Mar 2005 A. General Situation Highlights - Anti-Polio Campaign Launched in all 15 Counties - Joint US-EC delegation visits Liberia - 14 of 15 Counties declared safe for returnees - WFP launches its Emergency School Feeding Program in Lofa County - Cholera…

Extract Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee United States Senate Washington, D.C. March 2, 2005 Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I am pleased to appear before you today as the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Assistant Administrator for…

Rising grain prices threaten household buying power in the Sahel I. SUMMARY Grain prices in the Sahel continue to rise, particularly in areas especially hard hit by production shortfalls in the wake of the drought and the locust…