Reports

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief This DREF Bulletin…

By Nina Martinek MAYAHI, Niger, 18 September 2006 - Seven-month-old Ramanatou has travelled nine km with her mother to the Mayahi District Hospital in Maradi. She is suffering from diarrhoea, vomiting and a high fever. Unable even to digest her…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief This DREF Bulletin is…

Afin de permettre aux populations de villages mauritaniens d'avoir un accès à l'eau potable, le Secours populaire, soutenu par l'association El Karamat, souhaite effectuer des forages qui permettront d'aider 3 500 personnes. Du 19 juillet au 30 juillet 2006, un membre…

I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1667 (2006) of 31 March 2006, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2006 and requested me to present further recommendations for a drawdown…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) today dispatched a three-member team to Côte d'Ivoire to help the West African country's Government respond to the contamination crisis following last month's dumping of toxic waste around the…

UNDAC Team: Pierre GELAS (OCHA Regional Disaster Response Advisor, Nairobi) - Team Leader Sander VAN DIJK (Environmental Expert, Netherlands) Einar BJORGO (Mapping Specialist, UNOSAT/Norway) Sally GRIFFITHS (OCHA FCSS Geneva) With assistance from: Vincenzo ODDO (Medical Doctor, UNDAC member from Italy, based in Abidjan) Associate…

SOUTH SUDAN Security The general security situation in South Sudan is relatively stable although sporadic security incidents have recently become more frequent. On 28 August, a group of students in Juba stormed the Headquarters of the Central Equatoria State's Ministry…

4 - 10 septembre 2006 I. Situation politique et sécuritaire Le sommet des principaux responsables politiques(1) qui avait pour but de faire avancer le processus de paix s'est tenu le 5 septembre à Yamoussoukro. Ce sommet s'est clôturé sans accord sur…

Le gouvernement de Côte d'Ivoire a officiellement soumis une requête d'assistance à l'occasion de la dernière réunion du Groupe de Travail International qui s'est déroulée le 08 septembre 2006 à Abidjan. Cinq experts de la protection civile française sont arrivés à…