Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID) BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated November 18, 2002. Background The Tutsi minority, which represents 14 percent of Burundi's 6.85 million…

BRAZZAVILLE, 18 March (IRIN) - Ninja rebels and the government of the Republic of Congo (ROC) have entered into a new commitment to restore peace in the crisis-torn Pool region. In a declaration issued in the capital, Brazzaville, on Monday,…

Advocate Anne Edgerton was on Refugees International's first mission to Ituri in February 2003. On March 11, "such a big joyful cry went up in town that we thought the new President had arrived," one aid worker from Bunia in…

Country Profile:Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Major Pierre Buyoya Currency Burundi Franc 1056.40 francs =US$1 (www.mbendi.co.za/) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main Religious Groups Catholic…

KINSHASA, 10 March (IRIN) - Humanitarian access to the embattled city of Bunia in Ituri District of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is once again possible following a takeover on Thursday by the Uganda People's Defence Forces…

KINSHASA, 10 mars (IRIN) - L'accès humanitaire à la ville de Bunia déchirée par des affrontements, dans le district de l'Ituri au nord-est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) est de nouveau possible depuis jeudi, date à laquelle…

Highlights The Political Dialogue process is proceeding. Consultations are underway and a Preparatory Committee is being put in place. The Coordinators of the Dialogue process returned this week from consultations in Europe and the United States and…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Background In September 2002, opposition forces launched an uprising in Abidjan marking the beginning of nearly four months of intermittent…

Bruxelles, le 22 février 2003 - Dans le cadre de la "Semaine Africaine", le Président de la République Démocratique du Congo, Son Excellence M. Joseph KABILA, le Président de la République du Burundi, Son Excellence M. Pierre BUYOYA, ainsi…

S/2003/211 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 1417 (2002) of 14 June 2002, by which the Council decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic…