Reports

Malnutrition is an increasing threat to children according to UN assessment teams who have travelled through the troubled Darful region of Sudan. UN spokesperson Ben Parker says the number of children suffering from severe malnutrition recently doubled in one refugee…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS CONCERN staff obtained travel permits to operate in West Darfur. CONCERN is planning interventions in water, sanitation, food and nutrition sectors and plans to start distribution of non-food items. Meetings are scheduled throughout the week in Khartoum and in all…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the issue of the Greater Darfur Special Initiative (GDSI) on 15 September 2003, the humanitarian situation in the region has deteriorated due to the breakdown of the ceasefire in December 2003 and the resulting intensification of the…

RI Advocates Fidele Lumeya and Pierre Habshi are in eastern Chad. Refugees in Chad report that government affiliated militias poisoned their wells in Sudan with carcasses of dead animals. After fleeing their villages in western Sudan, many are facing catastrophic shortages…

CRS Emergency Relief Efforts in Darfur The Latest, The Background CRS relief efforts across West Darfur are reaching at least 150,000 people in dire need. Details about last month's operations are below. CRS is providing humanitarian relief in the form of…

Humanitarian Activities 1. OCHA: IDP survey completed, results due in coming weeks OCHA, in collaboration with the Government of Burundi (GoB), has completed the first nationwide survey of internally displaced persons since 2002. Fifty surveyors distributed 42,892 questionnaires in displaced sites countrywide.…

Overview Protection remains the overarching concern of IDPs and humanitarian agencies operating in the Darfur region. This concern was further emphasized this week, as GoS officials increasingly call for the IDPs to return to their villages of origin and the…

KEY ISSUES OF CONCERN Top-level mission visits Darfur A five-person OHCHR team is in Darfur to investigate reports of serious human rights violations. The team will be visiting IDP locations in all three Darfur states. A high level UN mission…

Looming WFP-Angola food shortage threatens refugee repatriation Plans by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Governments of Angola and Zambia to recommence the repatriation of Angola refugees in June 2004 may be jeopardised by lack of food…

Executive Summary Torrential rains in Djibouti on 11-14 April 2004 resulted in flash floods in many areas, predominantly affecting the Ambouli River Oued (banks). It is estimated that approximately 300 people died; 600 houses were destroyed and another 100 inundated;…