Reports

The Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council has now updated its country profile on internal displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A summary is presented below. The Database and the country profile can be accessed at…

US$ 4.1 million urgently needed for shelter, therapeutic feeding, measles vaccinations, unaccompanied children, cholera prevention and treatment and water. Up to 100,000 confirmed displaced, including at least 20,000 children requiring assistance Risk of further armed conflict and displacement Further destruction of existing…

(Near Verbatim) PATRICK COKER, ACTING SPOKESMAN SECURITY COUNCIL CREATES UN MISSION IN CÔTE D'IVOIRE, DELAYS WEST AFRICA TRIP Determining that the situation in Côte d'Ivoire is a threat to international peace and security in West Africa, the Security Council on Tuesday, 13…

Humanitarian Activities 1. Assistance to vulnerable populations in Bubanza As many as 10,000 people have fled Bubanza Province, northwestern Burundi, since fighting between the Government and Forces pour la defence de la democratie (FDD) rebels erupted last Thursday 8 May. The United…

The top United Nations humanitarian official in Liberia - a country caught in the grip of ongoing violence and civil unrest - today called on the Security Council to quickly reschedule a planned mission to the volatile West African…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated October 9, 2002. Background Since 1990, sustained conflict in the Mano River basin has spread…

MONROVIA/FREETOWN, May 15 (UNHCR) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Rudd Lubbers has warned Liberian officials that the humanitarian situation in their country has gone "from bad to worse" and urged them to support an effort to build…

BRAZZAVILLE, 7 May (IRIN) - The US embassy in the Republic of Congo announced on Tuesday a contribution of 30,500,000 francs CFA (US $54,668) in support of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Pool Region who have sought refuge…

BRAZZAVILLE, 29 April (IRIN) - At least 2,300 rebel Ninja soldiers have surrendered with their weapons in recent days in the Pool Region of the Republic of Congo, according to the communications department of the Congolese Armed Forces (Forces…

Malgré les accords de cessez-le-feu signés entre différents mouvements rebelles et le gouvernement de transition, on assiste paradoxalement, depuis janvier, à une recrudescence des combats. Ceux-ci ont notamment pour conséquences des déplacements de populations, une restriction de l'accès humanitaire et…