Reports

Christian Aid partners are working to help displaced people in Sri Lanka after renewed fighting has forced more than 155,000 civilians to flee their homes in recent weeks. A surge in violence in Batticaloa district in the east of the…

5-12 April 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update The FDL (Forward Defence Line)-Omanthai was closed 10-12 April due to shelling. 10-11 April, the UN Area Security Coordinator and the UN Area Security Officer conducted a two-day security assessment of Manthai…

26 April - 10 April 2007 JAFFNA DISTRICT Situation update Situation is tense. Curfew hours still remain from 1900-0400 hrs. Richard Boucher, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs was in Sri Lanka 8-10 May. He discussed the…

Muslim Aid Sri Lanka (MASL) and GlobalMedic, a Canadian-based team that helps developing countries in emergency medicine and relief issues, have teamed up to respond to water emergencies anywhere in the world. Muslim Aid's newly-formed International Disaster Response Unit (IDRU) will…

Colombo - The UAE is always among the first countries to send relief aid to Tsunami victims in Sri Lanka, said today Sri Lankan Minister of Labour Relations and Manpower Athauda Senaviratne. The Sri Lankan Minister said his country is grateful…

One group of students in the classroom is already finishing written term exams, which check their knowledge of the past term. The last exam in November was written in the shade of trees in the school quad because classrooms…

29 March - 05 April 2007 KILINOCHCHI & MULLAITIVU DISTRICTS Situation update Aerial bombardment and shelling in different areas continues. Diesel and petrol purchased by UN agencies based in Vanni for the month of March is waiting in Vavuniya. Internally…

Colombo, April 3, 2007: The United States joins Sri Lanka in observing the second annual International Day of Mine Awareness and Mine Action on April 4. Sri Lanka has made impressive strides to rid the island of mines. The…

The final round of the first national moot court competition on international humanitarian law in Sinhala and Tamil took place on 3 April at the University of Colombo. The competition is being co-hosted by the ICRC and the university's…

BATTICALOA DISTRICT: CURRENT SITUATION Total number of displaced persons in Batticaloa district 159,355 persons (UNHCR) 26/03/07 Displaced families 42,366 families Sites 95 Highest number of displaced per division 40,901 persons in Manmunai South & Eruvil Pattu 36,796 persons in Manmunai North 32,771 persons in Eravur Pattu Humanitarian Context Overall security…