Rapports

Security Several parts of Monrovia remained relatively calm on Thursday after eleven or more days of fierce fighting between LURD and government forces, which has left hundreds of people dead. It is not yet clear whether this was the result…

By Chris Herlinger ACCRA, GHANA - By turns angry and exasperated by the ongoing war in Liberia and the frustratingly glacial pace of international attention to the crisis there, Liberian church leaders in Ghana are also, by equal measure, ready…

(New York: 31 July 2003) - Acute shortages of fuel and food continue to drive up the prices of basic commodities in Liberia, hindering aid operations and compounding the critical food situation. A gallon of gasoline is now sold for LD1,000.…

May - July 2003 I. HUMANITARIAN HIGHLIGHTS Impact of Liberia crisis on Guinea As combats broke out between Government forces and the Liberian United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) in Monrovia on 6 June 2003, OCHA and humanitarian partners…

As members of the United Nations Security Council consider a draft resolution that may soon send a multinational force to quell the violence in Liberia, UN relief workers inside the country's war-ravaged capital warned today that conditions are critical,…

Global Hope Network International (GHNI) makes it possible for Liberian partners to distribute food and maintain ongoing agricultural projects in a time when urgent hunger persists. More than two million servings of food donated to GHNI by USAID continues to…

SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS According to UNAMSIL, the security situation in the country remains stable. United Nations Security Council extends UNAMSIL withdrawal plan to December 2004 The United Nations Security Council on 18 July approved the plan for the complete withdrawal…

Liberia's second city and sea port, Buchanan, has now fallen to the rebel group MODEL. Displaced people who had sought shelter from the fighting in the capital, Monrovia, are now trapped in Buchanan. Fighting continues to intensify in Monrovia…

A reported 1 million of Mauritania's 2.7 million people are facing severe food insecurity as drought grips the country for the third year in a row. World Vision is distributing 13,500 metric tons of food aid to up to…

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 April 16, 2002. BACKGROUND Insecurity, a lack of infrastructure, and limited access to vulnerable…