Reports

This report* does not necessarily reflect the official position of the United Nations. Weekly Highlights Military coup attempt threatens Bukavu, South-Kivu Province. Militias in Ituri District destabilize the peace process in the region. At least 30 civilians massacred in Kitenge zone, Katanga…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS Tentative d'un coup militaire menace la ville de Bukavu, la province de Sud-Kivu. L'attaque contre la maison du Général Nabiolwa, la nuit du 23 au 24 février,…

Afin de profiter de l'espace humanitaire qui s'offre présentement dans le Sud Kivu, il est urgent que la communauté humanitaire réponde immédiatement avec des ressources adéquates et des programmes appropriés. Ceci doit être accompagné par l'intensification des efforts du gouvernement…

Statement from UNICEF's Executive Director Carol Bellamy NEW YORK/GENEVA - 25 February 2004 - Côte d'Ivoire, polio-free for the last four years, has reported a polio case - and investigations are ongoing to confirm that the virus was imported from Nigeria.…

25 FEBRUARY 2004 - MONROVIA, LIBERIA/GENEVA -- International health agencies announced Tuesday that they were joining forces with the Liberian government to combat a yellow fever emergency. The World Health Organization and UNICEF are launching an emergency mass immunization campaign…

Côte d'Ivoire could be 8th polio-free country to be re-infected from Nigeria 24 February 2004, Geneva, Switzerland A case of paralytic poliomyelitis, with onset of paralysis on 17 December 2003, has been reported in Côte d'Ivoire. Investigations are currently ongoing to…

Liberia's protracted and brutal armed conflict has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians, physically and psychologically traumatized hundreds of thousands of others, and disrupted family and community support mechanisms. Children, women and the elderly have suffered tremendously from violence,…

AI INDEX: AFR 16/006/2004 I INTRODUCTION "Is rape increasing? I was raped in 1993, and again in 1995. I haven't been raped this year. How do I know if it is increasing" (rape victim speaking to Amnesty International…

(Monrovia: 24 February 2004), Liberia International health agencies announced Tuesday that they were joining forces with the Liberian government to combat a yellow fever emergency in this bruised and battered land. UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), and several medical NGOs…

MINUCI-31 Albert Tévoédjrè, chef de la MINUCI participera au lancement officiel à Bouaké Abidjan, le 22 février - A l'instar d'autres pays de la sous-région (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria et Togo), la Côte d'Ivoire organise du 23 au 26…