Reports

Key Developments: A memorial service is to be held on Wednesday, 20 Oct. for the Save the Children-UK workers killed in the landmine incident on 10 Oct. in North Darfur. The service will be held at Friendship Hall beginning at…

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - UNICEF handed over two shallow well drilling rigs to the Government today to be used in the drought-prone regions of Afar and Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR). The drilling rigs, which cost an estimated 8…

The Kounoungo refugee camp in Northern Chad was planned for 8,000 people and now shelters 12,000. There are problems with water supplies because the rainy season has left turbidity in the camp's wells, and there is not enough water…

Latest report on ICRC activities in the field DARFUR General Situation The influx of refugees to eastern Chad appears to have stabilized for the time being. Some twenty people a week are still arriving in Cassoni camp, where access to…

Ravaged by war, Angola is beginning its long path to recovery. Fortunately, this sub-Saharan country is blessed with natural resources - oil, diamonds and fertile soil. Yet Angola's most precious resource is its children. Education, clean water and good sanitation…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report attempts to review the many complex aspects of the humanitarian crisis which occurred in different regions of Ethiopia, during 2003 as a result of the failure of the 2002 Belg and Meher rains. The report is…

For too long international aid to Ethiopia has concentrated on helping people through short-term crises. Food aid does not help families build up assets or invest in the future, but keeps them in a state of hand-to-mouth dependency. Every time…

OCHA AND UNICEF UNDERTAKING ASSESSMENT MISSION IN GAMBELLA OCHA and UNICEF are conducting an assessment mission in Gambella (12-18 October). This is the first assessment to look at the overall humanitarian situation in the area since the outbreak of violence in…

Appeal Target: US$ 754,880 Geneva, October 15, 2004 Dear Colleagues, Preamble: this Appeal will be issued by both ACT and CARITAS Networks for funding. To date people in Papwojo, Southern Shilluk Kingdom, and Mid West Upper Nile, in Southern Sudan are still…

On the eve of World Food Day, and close to three months after the United Nations threatened sanctions against Sudan if they failed to rein in militia and protect their people, 300,000 people in Darfur remain at imminent risk…