Reports

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, July 16, 2003 -- IMC teams in Sierra Leone are providing medical assistance to returnees and Liberian refugees who are currently being evacuated from Monrovia, Liberia to Freetown, Sierra Leone by UNHCR's rescue ship MV Overbeck.…

1. Military/Political Developments Ex-combatants continue to press for their salary arrears before the departure of President Taylor. These are the ex-combatants who fought in the civil war in 1990-1997 and have since been marginalized by the government. Monrovia residents collectively have petitioned…

New figures for the period 30 May -29 June have been reported: 1280 cases, including 15 deaths (see previous report ). With 350 new cases reported during the period 30 June- 6 July, the total of cholera cases in…

AFR/664, IHA/788 NEW YORK, 15 July (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Though a relative calm has prevailed in Monrovia for roughly one week, United Nations and non-governmental agencies are still confronted with great humanitarian needs in and…

Casualties in the city are high and insecurity has made the provision of medical services difficult. Insucurity has also meant corpses have been left in the streets. Last week, Bujumbura - the capital city of Burundi - and its…

The in-patient department (IPD) in the MSF compound- a temporary health facility established to cope with the demands - remains open with a capacity of 100 beds In the wake of recent fighting in and around Monrovia, Liberia, MSF staff…

The ICRC is today beginning distributions of food and other relief to 30,000 people who have been driven from their homes by the fighting and sought refuge at Doe Stadium in Monrovia. The food will be enough to cover…

Humanitarian Activities 1. UNICEF Assistance to IDPs from Bujumbura southern neighbourhoods UNICEF opened an office in the camp of Musée Vivant on Tuesday to co-ordinate its activities in the site. In the same site UNICEF provided roles of plastic sheeting and…

FHI has received a $1.5 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), to continue its work with families affected by the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The…

Bunia/DRC - The international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today announced that it is sending four cargo planes full of emergency relief goods to the town of Bunia, the capital of the volatile Ituri district in the north-east…