Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
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…
Liberia
Note: This document provides a summary of UNICEF's segment of the revised UN Inter-Agency Appeal for Liberia, covering the period of August - December 2003. Strategies and planned actions have been developed in consultation with other UN Agencies and…
Congo
Appeal Target: CHF 213,602 (USD 146,563 or EUR 145,227) Period covered: April to June 2003The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian…
Liberia + 1 more
SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS According to UNAMSIL, the overall security situation in the country is calm. SLP arrests armed robbers in Freetown The SLP arrested four soldiers and seven civilians in possession of one rifle and live rounds ammunition at Up-gun…
Burkina Faso
25 August 03, Ougadougou, Burkina-Faso: The Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso has just presented its six-monthly report on 2002-2003 implementation of the 10-Year Plan for Basic Education. The report follows a joint field mission of…
Niger
Executive Summary With a population of 10.8 million inhabitants in 2000, Niger is among the least developed and low-income, food-deficit countries. It is ranked 172nd out of 173 countries on the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index for 2002.…
Côte d'Ivoire
POLITICAL SITUATION Three events marked this week, the vote of the amnesty law by the Parliament of Cote d'Ivoire, the interview of President Gbagbo in the framework of the celebration of the Independence Day, and the return in Cote d'Ivoire…
Côte d'Ivoire
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…
Liberia
As peacekeeping forces begin to deploy in war-torn Liberia, hundreds of thousands of people are in desperate need of shelter, food and water. Over two months of intense fighting between government forces and rebel groups has led to hundreds of…
Guinea + 1 more
As the first contingent of regional peace-keeping troops finally arrives in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, in an attempt to bring an end to hostilities between the government forces and the LURD rebel group, in the South of neighbouring Guinea,…
