Reports

UNDRO 88/0529 SUDAN - DROUGHT AFFECTED POPULATION/DISPLACED PERSONS UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 11 MARCH 1988 1. FOLLOWING ALARMING REPORTS ON EMERGENCY SITUATION IN SUDAN, UNDRO DELEGATE VISITED COUNTRY END FEB 88 TO MEET REPRESENTATIVES SUDANESE RELIEF AND REHABILITATION COMMISSION, UN AGENCIES,…

UNDRO 88/0431DJIBOUTI - DROUGHT UNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1 25 FEBRUARY 1988 SITUATION 1. GENERAL DROUGHT THAT HIT NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES OF ETHIOPIA AND SOMALIA HAS NOW SERIOUSLY AFFECTED DJIBOUTI. THE HEAD OF STATE INITIATED A 10-DAY SURVEY WHICH CONCLUDED THAT…

UNDRO 88/0429DJIBOUTI - SECHERESSE RAPPORT DE SITUATION UNDRO NO. 1 25 FEVRIER 1988 SITUATION: 1. SECHERESSE GENERALE QUI A DUREMENT FRAPPE LES PAYS VOISINS (ETHIOPIE ET SOMALIE) AFFECTE SERIEUSEMENT DJIBOUTI. SOUS IMPULSION CHEF DE L'ETAT UNE MISSION D'EVALUATION DE 10…

UNDRO 88/2441MOZAMBIQUE - DESTABILIZATION/DROUGHTUNDRO SITREP NO. 63 NOVEMBER 1988 SITUATION 1. FOLLOWING MILITARY OPERATIONS AND LIBERATION VARIOUS AREAS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PROVINCES OF SOFALA, NAMPULA AND ZAMBEZIA, NUMBER OF AFFECTED AND DISPLACED PEOPLE REQUIRING ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO…

UNDRO 88/0401MOZAMBIQUE - DESTABILIZATION/DROUGHTUNDRO SITREP NO. 123 FEBRUARY 1988 1. PRESENT ESTIMATES NUMBER 3.3 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED AND DISPLACED APART FROM 750,000 REFUGEES WHO HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY. 2. UN INTER-AGENCY MISSION CONSISTING OF UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP,…

UNDRO 89/2528MOZAMBIQUE - DESTABILIZATION/DROUGHTUNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1629 DECEMBER 1989 SITUATION 1. BANDIT ACTIVITIES CONTINUING. BETWEEN PERIOD 15 NOVEMBER AND 15 DECEMBER, NINE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES REPORTED, LOWEST FIGURE SINCE MAY REPORTING PERIOD. 2. POWER RATIONING STILL IN EFFECT IN…

UNDRO 89/1369MOZAMBIQUE - DESTABILIZATION/DROUGHTUNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 1128 JUNE 1989 1. CONFIRMED PLEDGES AT MID-JUNE 89 FALL FAR SHORT OF REQUIREMENTS 89/90 APPEAL AND ARE LESS THAN HALF THOSE AT MID-JUNE 88. FUNDS LACKING FOR AIRLIFTS (ONLY…

UNDRO 88/0099ETHIOPIA - DROUGHT UNDRO SITREP NO. 1/88 15 JANUARY 1988 I. GENERAL 1. FIELD REPORTS INDICATE SITUATION VERY PRECARIOUS IN NORTH PARTICULARLY IN TIGRAY BUT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PEOPLE COLLECTING RATIONS AT DISTRIBUTION POINTS THROUGHOUT FAMINE AREA STILL RELATIVELY…

The paper studies the experience of Ethiopia with regard to the two major famines the country has witnessed in the last fifteen years. It is argued that the entitlements approach developed by Amartya Sen provides a…

UNDRO 87/2230LESOTHO - SNOWSTORMSUNDRO SITUATION REPORT NO. 117 OCTOBER 1987 SITUATION 1. UNSEASONAL SNOWFALLS WITH PEAK UP TO 2 METERS CAUSED DISASTER IN MOUNTAIN AREAS. IN PARTICULAR DISTRICTS OF MOKHOTLONG, HACHASNEK AND THAKA-TSEKA AFFECTED. 2. HELICOPTER SURVEY BY OFFICIALS…