Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: The last situation report was dated July 30, 2003. BACKGROUND In August 1998, an armed attack against the government of…

SANNIQUELLE, LIBERIA - The IRC today delivered badly-needed medical supplies to three IRC clinics in remote Nimba County. The clinic, on the border with Ivory Coast, for the first time received emergency drugs such as anti-malaria medicine and antibiotics. "Our…

GENERAL SITUATION The UN planning committee for programs marking the 58th anniversary of the United Nations in collaboration with Liberia United Nations Association has organised activities to make the UN Day 24 October that will include a parade of over…

A second AmeriCares airlift of emergency aid for Liberia is scheduled to arrive in Monrovia Oct. 22. An AmeriCares team will accompany the airlift to aid in distribution and further assess the humanitarian situation. Working with Africare, the aid…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)Note: This Situation Report updates USAID/OFDA Liberia Situation Report #3, FY 2004, dated October 15, 2003. Background Liberia has been marked…

Political/Security Developments Monday 20 October is DAY 28 of the Forces Nouvelles boycott of the government of national reconciliation and the national process of Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reinsertion (DDR). Groups of youth have destroyed opposition national dailies and threatened distributors and…

This Bulletin is for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time The Situation On Thursday, 9 October 2003 severe thunderstorms occurred in and around the town of Bikoro,…

By Macaulay Paykue, Communications Officer Monrovia, Liberia - "One week ago this child could not eat, walk or talk, because he was very sick and also lacked the proper diet," said 34-year old Hannah Nimely. Now she watches her two-year…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Armed conflict in northern and eastern Uganda combined with violent looting and cattle raids by Karamojong pastoralists in the East have…

GENERAL SITUATION The United Nations on 20 October undertook a rapid assessment mission to Voinjama (Lofa county), the first humanitarian mission to that city in four years. This rapid assessment represents the critical first step in ensuring a sustained UN…