Reports

GANTA, NIMBA COUNTY, LIBERIA - February 25, 2005 When the doors of the new Ganta Community Health Clinic opened earlier this month, the people of Nimba County took one more important step forward in their efforts to rebuild their…

UNMIL/PIO/PR/171 (Monrovia, Liberia) - The Special Representative of the Seccretary-General in Liberia, Mr. Jacques Paul Klein, and the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) Chairman Charles Gyude Bryant today jointly kicked off Liberia's mass polio immunization campaign in the Southeastern County…

Despite recent efforts and initiatives to stabilize the region, acts of extreme violence have been perpetrated against fleeing civilians. Numerous atrocities, including physical aggressions, rapes and murders have been reported. MSF: Geneva - Persisting insecurity on roads and around main concentrations of…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. In Brief THIS EMERGENCY APPEAL SEEKS…

Pulmonary plague is virulent, spreading between humans through airborne transmission (such as coughs and sneezes) and is quickly fatal. The incubation period ranges from 24 to 72 hours and death through asphyxiation comes within one day. MSF: Kisangani/Brussels - Two MSF…

Merlin, the British medical relief agency, has launched a major accelerated vaccination programme in two isolated areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where some communities have received no immunisation for 10 years. Working with the DRC Ministry of…

There were two separate conflict fronts: East (Kivus, Maniema, Kasai Oriental, north of Katanga) with mainly under RCD-Goma control (backed by Rwanda) especially in the big villages. Another front line in the North East (Equateur and Oriental Province) with…

BURUNDI-CANTONNEMENT Itek@ 22 février 2005. Les ex-combattants qui ont déposé les armes et qui sont rassemblés dans des camps de cantonnement depuis quelques jours éprouvent un sérieux problème d'alimentation et de soins de santé. Le président du parti Cndd-Fdd et ministre d'Etat…

14 - 21 February 2005 A. General Situation Highlights - Managing Director of the World Bank concludes his visit to Liberia - Joint EU-US delegation to visit Liberia - Security phase was downgraded from 4 to 3 in 10 out of 15 Counties -…

Patrice Bogna MONUC DSRSG and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ross Mountain, engages with local authorities and representatives of humanitarian agencies in Kalemie and Kindu: MONUC DSRSG and DRC Humanitarian Coordinator, Ross Mountain, visited Kalemie and Kindu on 18 February after attending the Great…