Reports

14 - 20 May 2006 Highlights - UNDP collects arms, communities to benefit from package in return - UNICEF donates school kits to 17,062 students in Lofa County A mission headed by the UNDP Smalls Arms Unit visited Toffoi Town and…

General During the week under review, staff from the IDP unit undertook several monitoring missions to the return communities. Three teams went to Gbarpolu Lofa, and Bomi Counties with the aim of assessing how well the returned IDPs and the…

Soldiers in African "Great Lakes" Nations Children as young as 6 or 7 years old have wielded weapons in the volatile central African region known as the "Great Lakes," World Bank Senior Social Development Specialist Roisin De Burca says. Over the…

(Kinshasa: 17 May 2006): The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Child Protection Division of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have concluded in the eastern…

Summary The authorities of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, work hard to present the city in the best possible light, knowing that many international visitors see little beyond the city limits. As part of this effort, in 1997 the authorities…

Following a study in Liberia Save the Children UK has found the exploitation of children by humanitarian workers, peacekeepers and local businessmen to be prolific. The study was conducted in temporary camps for those displaced by the civil war…

UNICEF URGENTLY REQUESTS US$ 12,336,355 TO ASSIST INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, REFUGEES AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CIVIL UNREST Over 50,000 people in eastern Chad have fled their homes due to recent violence UNICEF is mounting emergency operations for IDPs while support continues to…

25 Apri - 2 May, 2006 Highlights - UNHCR refugee delegation from Ghana visits Bong County - Water shortages reported in several locations - Government Ministers ease tension at Cavalla Rubber Plantation Refugee delegation from Ghana, supported by UNHCR, visits Bong County As part of the…

05 - 11 April 2006 Highlights - UNDP to provide 600,000.00 to the TRC - Multi-Donor Mission visits Liberia to review Security Council resolution 1325 A six-member multi-donor review mission recently visited Liberia. This Mission is in Liberia to review implementation of Security…

03-10 avril 2006 I. Situation politique et sécuritaire - Le Président de la République du Congo, Denis Sassou N'Guesso, Président de l'Union africaine (UA), en visite en Côte d'Ivoire du 06 au 08 avril 2006, a eu des rencontres avec…