Reports

IP/03/233 Brussels, 14 February 2003 - The European Commission has adopted a €15 million aid package to help meet humanitarian needs in Burundi. This decision will enable ECHO, through partner organisations working in the field, to provide assistance to the most…

IP/03/229 Brussels, 13 February 2003 - The European Commission has approved a €24 million package to help meet the humanitarian needs of mainly Burundian and Congolese refugees in Tanzania for 2003. These funds will be channelled through partner organisations working in…

The European Commission has adopted a humanitarian aid package worth €5 million to help tackle some of the severe humanitarian needs in Somalia, resulting from prolonged conflict, drought and floods. This latest decision is targeted at those sectors where…

Appeal Target: US$ 918,235 Geneva, 11 February 2003 Dear Colleagues, The people of southern Sudan continue to be victims of the conflict between the government of Sudan forces and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement/Army (SPLA). Fighting continues and especially…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Release Foreign Press Center Translation (No. 0**) 1. On February 6 (Thu), the Government of Japan decided to extend emergency assistance in kind equivalent to about 12,650,000 yen comprising water tanks, plastic sheets, water purifiers, electricity…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Armed conflict in Northern Uganda combined with violent looting and cattle raids by Karamojong pastoralists in the east have resulted in…

Ethiopia: Drought Emergency Update Unusual rains in many parts of the country Unusual recent rains fell in central Ethiopia with mixed impact but mostly beneficial to water and pasture replenishment. In the north, farmers used rains to begin land preparation (South…

Cholera Outbreak in Central and Northern Mozambique: 1,289 Cases Registered so far Since September 2002, a number of outbreaks of cholera have been reported in Nampula, Niassa, Cabo Delgado and most recently Sofala Province. As of 28 January 2003, 1,289…

Note: This Fact Sheet updates USAID/OFDA Ethiopia Fact Sheet #2, dated November 13, 2002.Background In 2002, below-average belg, or secondary rains (March-May) coupled with delayed and sporadic meher, or main rains (July-September) led to widespread food insecurity…

Appeal Target: US$ 219,393 Geneva, 30 January 2003 Dear Colleagues, For 16 years, the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) has continued to terrorize the people of Northern Uganda in an area commonly known as Acholi land. The LRA has been…