Reports

General situation Although gunfire can still be heard in Mamba Point, in central Monrovia and on Bushrod Island, the situation in the capital is much calmer than it has been in recent days. People are slowly gaining confidence and starting to…

Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) Allocated: CHF 10,000 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…

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 March 25, 2003. BACKGROUND The Tutsi minority, which represents 14 percent of Burundi's 6.85…

Security For the first time since the recent upsurge of fighting in Monrovia, thousands of persons ventured out of their hiding places today to visit their homes and tour Monrovia's main streets. On Broad Street, which is located a few…

Monrovia, Liberia August 6, 2003: Action Against Hunger today released a report about the nutritional and food security situation in the Monrovia, capital of Liberia. The report reflects the disastrous nutritional situation in the city where the price of…

(PORTLAND, ORE. -- Aug. 6, 2003) As peacekeeping troops arrive in Liberia, Northwest Medical Teams has announced it will send life-saving medicines and supplies to the war-torn country. A 20-foot container of antibiotics, bandages, surgical kits, and IV equipment valued…

UNITED NATIONS, New York - As part of a United Nations inter-agency appeal for emergency aid for Liberia, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today asked donors to provide $1.9 million for reproductive health services in the war-torn country. "Women…

New York - Responding to reports of starvation, cholera, other illnesses, and a dire call for medical supplies, humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) announced today that it will airlift a shipment on Thursday (8/7) of emergency food and…

AFR/686, IHA/792 United Nations humanitarian agencies requested $69 million in emergency assistance for Liberia this morning at Headquarters, with Secretary-General Kofi Annan saying, "The logic of this emergency appeal is simple: without urgent action more lives will be lost." In a message…

World Vision programmes to help the desperate people of Monrovia were dangling by a thread as fighting intensified and the first of 1,500 UN peacekeepers from Nigeria arrived in the country. News spread throughout the capital of Liberia and people…