Reports

Monrovia, Liberia, 8th September 2003 (Merlin) - At least 15 cases of cholera have been confirmed in Buchanan, Monrovia, said the international medical relief charity, Merlin, today. In response to these latest outbreaks, Merlin has opened a cholera treatment centre…

STAFF MEETING: The normal morning staff briefing session was held this morning. These are the summary of deliberations: The draft CAP Appeal was discussed. It was agreed that intervention for HIV/AIDS and nutrition should begin in the short medium term and…

Monrovia: 8 September 2003 - At least 50,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the regional town of Salala, appealed over the weekend for improved security and rapid humanitarian assistance in northeastern Liberia. The mass-movement to Salala, witnessed by humanitarian agencies, including…

WATSAN ASSESSMENT TEAM TO BUCHANNAN, FRIDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER, 2003 A WATSAN assessment mission was organized to Buchanan on Friday, September 5th 2003. The purpose was to evaluate the community wells allegedly containing dead bodies and graves in the close vicinity of some…

I. Humanitarian situation in Monrovia: Water and sanitation in general Water and sanitation problems are massive in Liberia, only 32% of Liberia's population has access to clean drinking water and less than 30% of the people have access to latrines.…

GENERAL SITUATION The mass-movement of 50,000 IDPs witnessed by the humanitarian agencies and the Special Coordinator, Mr Ross Mountain, on 3 September on the Totota-Salala-Kakata road, reaffirms that while much progress has been made, the harassment and intimidation of civilians…

Yesterday (3 Sept) there was a mass movement of IDPs from the Totota area of Bong County towards the town of Salala. Over the last 10 days, there have been significant movements of IDPs southwards from the Gbatala area…

MONROVIA, Liberia, Sept 4 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency today sent trucks of emergency aid to assist tens of thousands of people fleeing amid fears of fresh fighting and harassment in central Liberia and heading towards the capital,…

Update July/August 2003 Overview Tensions have been heightened recently in Côte d’Ivoire due to the arrest of Ibrahim Coulibaly in France, accused of plotting the assassination of President Laurent Gbagbo. The Forces Nouvelles have demanded his release. Although…

(New York: 3 September 2003): Between May and August 2003, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) facilitated several inter-agency humanitarian assessment missions to the Pool region of the Republic of Congo with the cooperation of the government.…