Assessments

RI Advocates Veronika Martin and Anne Edgerton went on a one-month mission to Western Tanzania to visit Congolese and Burundian Refugee Camps. There are half of one million refugees in over one dozen camps. This was a thematic mission,…

Field Representatives Michelle Brown and Sayre Nyce recently returned from their fifth assessment mission to Sierra Leone in the past year. Sayre and Michelle investigated the need for HIV/AIDS programs, and RI found that HIV/AIDS has not been a…

Following below average rains in early September, precipitation improved in late September and early October except in the south. Rains remained abundant in mid and late October in the north. Growing conditions are generally good allowing satisfactory rice crop…

Following somewhat reduced precipitation in early to mid-September, rains increased in late September and remained abundant and above average during the entire month of October. Rice production is expected to be above last year's level reflecting increased plantings by returning…

Rains were abundant countrywide in late August and remained adequate in September and October. Cumulative rainfall is generally above normal. Floods which occurred in August and September in Haute Guinée affected some 220 000 people and destroyed over 20…

Civil strife intensified in eastern parts during the past month. Planting of the 2002 A season crops is underway in the Kivu region but insecurity is hindering farming activities. Serious insecurity incidents have been reported in the Plains of…

Normal to above-normal rainfall in September and October, particularly in northern parts, favoured planting of the 2002 A season crops, to be harvested from January, and benefited earlier planted crops. Future prospects for peace are also good, following the…

Weak Export Controls Largely to Blame(New York, November 5, 2001) The United Nations Security Council must enforce the international arms embargo on Liberia, Human Rights Watch said today. A new U.N. report, prepared by an independent panel…

Période d'évaluation : Juin à octobre 2001 Décisions: ECHO/ZAR/210/2000/01000 20 MEURO ECHO/COD/210/2001/01000 - 35 MEURO Auteur: Dr Martine Logez, consultant nutrition / sécurité TABLE DES MATIERES A . Résumé 1. Introduction 2. Principales conclusions 3. Recommandations 4. Leçons apprises B. Rapport principal 1. Introduction 2. Méthodologie…

Conakry The Republic of Guinea ABBREVIATIONS EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GOG Government of Guinea IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies MATDS Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralisation and Security MSF Médecins sans Frontières NGO Non-Governmental Organization OCHA UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCPH Organisation Catholique pour…