Rapports

Security On Tuesday, the rebel group MODEL overran government forces in Buchanan and took control of Liberia's second largest port city. Thousands of IDPs were reported to be on the move as a result of this recent fighting. Most of…

Fighting between government forces and Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels in and around the Liberian capital of Monrovia for more than a week continues to take a heavy toll on civilians. Mortars and stray bullets hit…

Nairobi, 29 July 2003 - WFP has launched two airlifts to deliver emergency food aid to thousands of people fleeing continued fighting in Bunia and Kalemie, both in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. For the next 10 days, WFP will…

18 - 28 July 2003 General Description: The situation in Monrovia has reached a humanitarian disaster. There is no semblance of a government. Health services have collapsed and food supply is running out very fast. If the security situation does not…

(2003- 85) News Release Ottawa -- The Honourable Susan Whelan, Minister for International Cooperation, and the Honourable Bill Graham, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced today that Canada will contribute an additional $1.75 million in humanitarian assistance to Liberia and neighbouring countries,…

Security Situation Over this past weekend heavy fighting was reported around the Liberian Agriculture Company (LAC), about 45 kilometers east of Buchanan in Grand Bassa County. According to an official of the local Red Cross Chapter in the area, speaking…

Urgent assistance needed to save and restore livelihoods The Central African Republic, a very poor country, has experienced repeated mutinies and coup attempts in recent years worsening the impoverishment of the majority of the population. Following the most recent coup attempt…

Security Last week Monday Monrovia saw its heaviest mortar attacks with one mortar landing inside the US Embassy compound, hitting one residence. It was estimated that up to 40 mortars landed in the Capital with heavy concentrations at Mamba Point,…

Fighting has intensified in Monrovia today as the government forces try to repel the LURD rebels' third attack on the city. After 7 days of fighting, the humanitarian situation is desperate with over 200,000 people displaced within the city…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Liberia has been marked by intermittent civil war since Charles Taylor launched a rebellion against the military regime of…