Reports

N°: 042/2012 1 March 2012 [Abuja - Nigeria] Participants at the 10th annual ECOWAS, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) seminar have called on West African countries to appoint focal points in the relevant ministries and agencies…

Goma, 28 February 2012 – During 2011, Congolese people from North Kivu province were unable to escape the effects of the seemingly never-ending cycle of violence between rebel groups and the national army and continued to…

Rwanda’s latest data release this month shows enormous improvement in the living standards of citizens over the past five years, and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - eight internationally-agreed goals aimed at reducing poverty…

by Louise Olivier This post originally appeared on the blog of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa. Over the past three years, I have been a regular visitor to South Kivu Province to watch mobile gender courts…

FOCUS - Sahel: The food crisis looms A future in dotted lines Log book of a mobile team at the gates of the Sahara Deprived of food and income “Many are those who would not cope without solidarity” ACT The challenges of…

“I was raped during the war by three men. I live with two stigmas: of rape and of HIV.” Although Benetta describes the situation of thousands of Liberian women, her determination to break the silence around…

Ecouter l'extrait sonore Des habitants de Yaisuli, territoire d’Isangi dans la Province orientale, se sont réfugiés en brousse pour fuir les rançonnements d’un officier de police de Yangambi, en mission dans cette entité située à environ 325…

The adoption of the Gender Equity and Equality National Policy by Guinea-Bissau is a challenge and the starting-point to make men and women rights equality and opportunities a reality in the country, the Special Representative of…

CS/10546 Conseil de sécurité 6717e séance – matin Le Secrétaire général demande un soutien fort des organisations régionales et, plus largement, de la communauté internationale au lancement de cette action Pour lutter de façon « cohérente et coordonnée » contre…

Goma, 9 February 2012 –The province of Nord Kivu, eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has just been provided with state-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment to address serious crime and many cases of…