Reports

At a glance The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - formerly known as Zaire - suffered years of colonial oppression followed by widespread corruption and economic instability in the post-independence period. Since 1998 the country has been at war.…

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 Liberia Situation Report was dated August 13, 2003. Background Liberia has been marked by intermittent civil war since…

Security In the meantime access to the rest of the country remains very difficult. On Tuesday morning 19 August 2003, a joint UN security mission left for Bo Waterside on the border between Sierra Leone and Liberia, to assess the…

Security The Port of Monrovia was handed over to the ECOMIL forces on Thursday, 14 August 2003. The LURD forces withdrew 4 kilometres up to St. Paul's bridge. Though they are expected to move up to Po River. The process…

S/2003/801I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1479 (2003) of 13 May 2003, the Security Council established the United Nations Mission in Côte d'Ivoire (MINUCI), for an initial period of six months, with a mandate to facilitate the…

Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, & (Liberia) 22 June -- 02 July 2003 Introduction As the countries of the Mano River Basin and Côte d'Ivoire become more entangled in a series of interlinked humanitarian crises it is vital that…

At a Glance Summary The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) -- formerly known as Zaire -- suffered years of colonial oppression followed by widespread corruption and economic instability in the post-independence period. Since 1998 the country has been at war.…

URGENT NEEDS IN CHILD PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE Heavy fighting caused large numbers of civilians to flee their homes; many have returned, but thousands remain displaced Additional US$ 2 million needed for emergency preparedness and response 1.…

Fighting has intensified in Monrovia today as the government forces try to repel the LURD rebels' third attack on the city. After 7 days of fighting, the humanitarian situation is desperate with over 200,000 people displaced within the city…

With the United Nations reporting a "horrific" situation in Liberia, where the death toll is rising and thousands of terrified people have been driven into the streets of the war-torn capital, two of the world body's top child protection…