Reports

April 12th - April 21st 2003 Overview The implementation of the Linas-Marcoussis peace accord has seen a huge leap forward with the arrival in Abidjan of the ministers of the Forces Nouvelles [New Forces - MPCI, MPJ and MPIGO] and their…

Humanitarian Activities 1. UNICEF mission to Ruyigi UNICEF's representative Malick Sene led a mission to Ruyigi on the 17th April 2003 including the Ambassador of Belgium and his team and representatives from the French Embassy. The objective of the mission was…

Man, Ivory Coast/Brussels, Belgium - On Tuesday April 15, in the afternoon, MSF had to treat about 50 wounded civilians in the hospital of Man, in the western part of Ivory Coast. The wounded - among whom were nine…

New York City - Liberian church leaders are pleading for urgent world attention to the worsening military and humanitarian crisis in their country as renewed intensive fighting in Liberia's 13-year-old civil war displaces tens of thousands of civilians every week.…

On Wednesday, 16 April 2003 Dr. Omar J. Khatib, WHO Representative/Liberia, donated on behalf of WHO assorted drugs, medical supplies and informatics equipment to ten health facilities and the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare. The total value of…

Following the massacre of over 950 Congolese of Gegere and Hema origin in Drodro, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, allegedly by ethnic Lendu militia, a fortnight ago, thousands of people in the village are living in fear of possible…

By Jessica Allen, Washington File Staff Writer Washington -- As war with Iraq loomed on the horizon, many predicted that Africa would be shunted to the back burner of the world's agenda. But they were wrong. The world has not forgotten the…

As of 14 April 2003, the Ministry of Health has reported 140 cases, including 123 deaths, in the districts of Mbomo and Kéllé in Cuvette Ouest Département. ( see previous report ). Thirteen of the cases are laboratory confirmed and…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Resurgence of cholera epidemic in Bururi Province Over two weeks, 33 cases of cholera have been recorded, including 16 hospitalised in Rumonge hospital, Rumonge Commune [Bururi Province]. "Medicines required are available", said the Director of the hospital, Mr Innocent…

Activités Humanitaires 1. Situation du choléra: résurgence de l'épidémie du choléra dans la province de Bururi Depuis deux semaines, 33 cas de choléra ont été enregistrés, dont 16 personnes hospitalisées à l'hôpital de Rumonge, commune Rumonge [province Bururi]. «Les médicaments nécessaires…