Reports

Conflict has left the Democratic of Congo devastated, with more than three million people dead, and communities across the country impoverished. The war itself took many lives, but a major secondary cause of death has been disease. A lack…

ABECHE, Chad (UNHCR) - Looking at the flooded riverbeds in eastern Chad today, you would never guess that an estimated 180,000 Sudanese refugees have barely enough water to drink in border areas and even in camps established further inland. Heavy…

The ICRC has renovated eight power pumps in Kinshasa: four at the N'Djili spring catchment and four at the Kingabwa water works. The pumps were restarted on 28 July in the presence of the DRC's energy minister. The ICRC has…

CARE is scaling up its response to the acute humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan and Chad, which has left more than one million people internally displaced in Darfur and a further 200,000 across the border in Chad. CARE Australia's…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS L'Epidémie de cholera déclarée à Walikale, dans la Province du Nord-Kivu : les analyses menées à Goma (au labo provincial AMIKIVU) ont confirmé l'existence de l'épidémie à…

Background According to reports a million people have fled their homes and some 10 -30,000 have been killed since the conflict started last year. The displaced have fled their destroyed villages for camps in Darfur's main towns but there…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Federation) is taking the responsibility for the establishment and management of a camp for 20,000 refugees at Treguine, in Eastern Chad, near the two existing UNHCR camps in the…

KEY ISSUES OF CONCERN Security Council passes resolution over Darfur The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on 30 July 2004 paving the way for action against the Sudanese government in 30 days if it does not make progress on…

Humanitarian Activities 1 Update on meningitis epidemic Following the meningitis epidemic reported in Burundi's northern provinces, UNICEF and WHO continued to support the Government of Burundi (GoB) to fight a meningitis epidemic through treatment of patients (24 cases confirmed last week)…

New York, Jul 30 2004 5:00PM - The United Nations refugee agency announced today that a just-completed ground-breaking study indicates there may be hidden water sources under eastern Chad, a potential solution to the serious water shortages in an…