Reports

SECURITY HIGHLIGHTS According to UNAMSIL, the security situation across the country, including border areas, remained calm and stable during the reporting period. UN Peacekeeping day celebrated United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sierra Leone joined their counterparts the world all…

The upsurge of violence around the Liberian capital, Monrovia, at the beginning of June once again highlighted the chronic insecurity in the West African state. The ICRC has been present in the country since 1990, with a wide range…

Brussels, May 28 2003. The first signs of malnutrition are now evident among the refugee population in Goré, 25km from the Chad/CAR border. In a recent food security assessment carried out by MSF, 30% of children below 5 years…

NEW YORK CITY - Liberia's churches are pleading with American Christians to help them as they seek to bring emergency assistance, peace and hope in a nation battered by more than 13 years of civil war and whose situation…

Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - While international media attention is focused on the after effects of the war in Iraq, forgotten humanitarian crises continue in areas of nominal peace, like Lubumbashi, where Action Against Hunger continues to…

par Isabelle Abric Des tirs nourris ont repris mardi 27 mai 2003 à Bunia dans le district de l'Ituri. Ils ont duré environ une heure et demie puis le calme est revenu. La MONUC n'est pas en mesure de confirmer…

Over the past two weeks, MSF teams saw an increasing number of severely malnourished children in the hospital of Man and a TFC was opened to save those most at risk. Brussels/Man - A full charter will leave tomorrow…

by Yulu Kabamba Sporadic gunshots resumed Tuesday 27 May 2003 in Bunia, district of Ituri. They lasted about an hour and a half. MONUC is not in a position to confirm the death toll released by UPC according to which…

A deadly firefight between rival armed militia erupted in Bunia - the main city of the embattled Ituri district in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - once again leaving a trail of dead and wounded, according to…

Baptist World Aid (BWAid), the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) is sending $4,000 to cover the cost of medicines and medical supplies to be used in Bunia, North East Congo, where ethnic clashes have…