Reports

SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS According to UNAMSIL, the security situation across the country, including border areas, remained calm and stable during the reporting period. UN Peacekeeping day celebrated United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone joined their counterparts the world all…

The upsurge of violence around the Liberian capital, Monrovia, at the beginning of June once again highlighted the chronic insecurity in the West African state. The ICRC has been present in the country since 1990, with a wide range…

NEW YORK CITY - Liberia's churches are pleading with American Christians to help them as they seek to bring emergency assistance, peace and hope in a nation battered by more than 13 years of civil war and whose situation…

by Didier Revol in Mbujimayi The views from Mbujimyayi are breathtaking. Located on a plateau in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the city overlooks the endless African plains. The scenes within this city of over 2 million souls…

"Water is back on in the town thanks to UNICEF. 50 malnourished children are being fed with high protein supplements by UNICEF, they like many others have lost their parents, some to the fighting, and some to the general…

The humanitarian situation in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo continues to deteriorate. Water supplies remain a real problem with all supplies needing to be flown into Bunia by air. Oxfam has been able to set up 6 latrines and…

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 20 February 2003 for CHF 353,000 for 3 months. Indicate here if budget revised or programme extended Disaster Relief Emergency Funds (DREF) allocated: CHF 50,000 (repaid)…

Since Sunday 11 May 2003, UNICEF has been involved in regular airlifts of essential humanitarian aid to Bunia, as an immediate response to the acute on-going crisis. So far, six flights carrying 8.5 tons of humanitarian assistance have been…

Owing to the dire security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where there was a "rather nasty cocktail" of rebel groups and dissatisfaction with the local authorities playing on ethnic hatreds, "we are down to the minimum…

IP/03/653 Brussels, 8 May 2003 - The European Commission has adopted a €5.74 million humanitarian aid package to provide basic needs to vulnerable groups affected by the conflict in Côte d'Ivoire. This emergency assistance will also benefit uprooted populations fleeing to…