Côte d'Ivoire
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…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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…
Congo
Press Release [No. SEGL3/B/25/03] TUNIS, 26 May 2003 - The African Development Bank (ADB) has approved a grant of $US 500,000 to finance the reinforcement of surveillance and epidemiological control of the hemorrhagic Ebola fever (VHF) prevalent in the West-Valley…
Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, May 26 (UNHCR) - In a bid to fight malaria among refugees in West Africa, the UN refugee agency has started testing new anti-malaria tools in two refugee camps in southern Sierra Leone. Under a project co-funded…
Côte d'Ivoire
PROGRAMME "ABRIS" Le Programme ABRIS (Appui à la Base pour la Reconstruction/Réinstallation et l'Intégration Sociale) a été élaboré suite à la crise socio-politique sans précédent que vit la Côte d'Ivoire depuis le 19 septembre 2002, et dont les conséquences majeures…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
By Dave Beer, Logistician/Administrator Driving along the road by our house one day, we saw two kids brandishing sticks pretending to shoot us. We would have smiled if it had not been such a heartbreaking symbol of the suffering of…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
by Didier Revol in Mbujimayi The views from Mbujimyayi are breathtaking. Located on a plateau in the south of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the city overlooks the endless African plains. The scenes within this city of over 2 million souls…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
MSF is worried about the situation in Ituri Region of the Democratic Republic of Congo and demands access to vulnerable civilians. Geneva/Bunia - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has resumed working in the town of Bunia, in northeastern DRC. MSF is…
