Reports

The following statement was issued today by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights regrets that no agreement was reached during discussions on the establishment of a new United…

The United Nations on Thursday warmly welcomed the announcement of a temporary cease-fire over the Bahr Al Ghazal region of southern Sudan. The announcement came after the Government of Sudan joined the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) in declaring a cease-fire…

World Vision is bracing itself for massive population movements into its operational areas following increased insecurity and a projected major food shortage. Unconfirmed reports say 117 families (702 individuals) have moved south into Salagle, due to fighting around Baidoa between the…

World Vision is boosting its own relief efforts and appealing to the World Food Program (WFP) for greater support to stem sharply rising death rates in the continuing famine in the southern Sudan. The Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association (SRRA), the…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de la coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN - Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org SOUDAN La SPLA declare un cessez-le-feu dans le Bahr el-Ghazal La SPLA (Sudan People's liberation army - Armee…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for Central and Eastern Africa Tel: +254 2 622147 Fax: +254 2 622129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org SUDAN: SPLA declares ceasefire in Bahr al-Ghazal The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) today (Wednesday) declared a "unilateral…

Airdrops ex-El Obeid - (Southern Sector) - A total 17.1 Mt. of food commodities were delivered ex-El Obeid into Nyamlel - Bahr El Ghazal - on 15 July. Cumulative deliveries to date into Southern Sector locations, since the onset…

The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army has declared a unilateral and unconditional ceasefire in southern Sudan to allow aid to reach vast numbers of famine victims. The United Nations World Food Program, one of several agencies involved in a massive…

The Nuba determination to survive is legendary given that their country, Sudan, is ruled by a hostile regime out to remove them from the face of this earth. With the help of their own fighting muscles and their few…

Mr. Griffiths and Mr. Myat traveled to Sudan and Kenya to gain a better grasp of the current humanitarian crisis and review the logistics arrangements which the UN agencies and NGOs have mounted to address the enormous needs in…