Assessments

Abundant and widespread rains in October benefited crops, except in the coastal areas. Following the December 1999 ceasefire between the government and opposition parties, the security situation improved and all areas are now accessible to humanitarian assistance, except for those…

The evolution of the rainy season has been somewhat irregular this year. Abundant rains in early and mid-July were followed by more limited rains up to mid-August. Precipitation became particularly abundant countrywide during the last dekad of August, decreased…

This report by Keith Martin, independent consultant10/30/2000 (HPN) - Sierra Leone has suffered virtually continuous civil conflict since 1991. In that time, many thousands of children, women and young men have been recruited or forcibly abducted…

EquateurContexte général. Depuis le déclenchement des hostilités entre la rébellion et les forces loyalistes, la province de l'Equateur n'a jamais cessé d'être le théâtre d'affrontements armés. Cette situation est à la base des déplacements massifs des…

This report by Françoise Mompoint, Regional Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator for West Africa, Oxfam GB 10/26/2000 (HPN) - Oxfam GB's West Africa regional centre, based in Dakar, Senegal, has disseminated Sphere's humanitarian charter and minimum standards to its emergency staff and main…

En République Démocratique du Congo, de violents combats entre les forces du Mouvement de Libération du Congo (JP Bemba) et les Forces gouvernementales de l'Armée Congolaise (LD Kabila) ont provoqué le déplacement d'une grande partie de…

AI Index: AFR 51/69/00Introduction More than 5,000 children under the age of 18, both boys and girls and some as young as five, have fought as combatants in Sierra Leone's internal armed conflict. Children have been specifically…

A majority of Congo-Brazzaville's half-million or more internally displaced persons returned to their homes during the first half of 2000, making it one of the few African countries to achieve noticeable progress in reversing a humanitarian emergency during the…

About 200,000 Liberians remained refugees in neighboring countries in late July, and intermittent cycles of violence in the country's remote northern region continued to push additional Liberians from their homes. Liberian government officials claimed that an incursion by armed dissidents in…

Peace negotiations accelerated in Burundi under the aggressive mediation efforts of former South African president Nelson Mandela during the first half of the year, but combatants were unable to meet Mandela's goal of achieving a peace agreement by July…