Reports

Ref: OCHA/GVA -- 2004/127 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Burundi - Massacre of Congolese Refugees in Gatumba 15 August 2004 General situation 1. The death toll from the 13 August massacre remained 150; no additional deaths have been reported. However, the 14 August…

1.0 Highlights Hepatitis E is now among the major health concerns in Darfur. Between 22 May and 30 July 2004, a total of 625 cases and 22 deaths from acute jaundice syndrome were reported from health clinics in Darfur. Cases…

Ref: OCHA/GVA -- 2004/126 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Burundi, Massacre of Congolese Refugees in Gatumba 14 August 2004 General situation 1. From approximately 22h00 until 23h30 on Friday evening, 13 August, the Gatumba transit site (northeastern Burundi) -- located 16 km northwest…

DARFUR, 13 August 2004 - In camps for internally displaced persons across the Darfur region of Sudan, the sanitation situation is grim. Children, women and men live, eat and sleep alongside their sheep, goats and donkeys. Besides the dirt…

Note: This report updates the last fact sheet dated August 6, 2004 DARFUR EMERGENCY -- NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad 2.2 million people U.S. Government, European Union, and United Nations Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur 1.2 million people U.N.…

A British Red Cross plane filled with vital supplies will arrive in Chad on 17 August to help refugees who have fled the violence in Darfur, Sudan. Since the Sudan crisis began, many people have sought to escape the violence…

Summary Although there is no consensual cereal production estimate for Zimbabwe in 2003-04, independent production estimates range from 950,000-1,100,000 MT. Zimbabwe will therefore have a serious food access problem, at least until the next harvest (May 2005).…

Oxfam has been working in Kenya since 1963. But over the last four years, we have been more involved in Turkana District than ever before. Prolonged droughts have driven many parts of the area into crisis. In the year 2000…

Today, Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis presented a £100,000 cheque for the Oxfam Sudan Emergency Appeal to Paul Sherlock, Oxfam's senior humanitarian representative, who has just returned from the country. "I would like to say a big thank you to Michael for…

Between May 22 and July 30 2004, a total of 625 cases and 22 deaths from acute jaundice syndrome were reported from health clinics in the Greater Darfur region in Sudan. These cases were identified through the early warning…