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Country Profile:Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Major Pierre Buyoya Currency Burundi Franc 1056.40 francs =US$1 (www.mbendi.co.za/) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main Religious Groups Catholic…

PR/06/03/03 Brazzaville, 12 March 2003 - Emergency situations caused by wars, civil strife and natural disasters constitute some of the most serious threats to health in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba, said Wednesday…

The European Commission has approved a €2 million funding decision for the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) to help meet humanitarian needs resulting from conflict and the spread of the Ebola virus. Of this total amount, €500,000 will be targeted…

5 - 12 March 2003 OVERVIEW The continuing crisis and resulting virtual standstill of cross-border commerce is plunging Cote d'Ivoire headlong towards a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Joblessness is rising, and consumer purchasing power is falling. WFP reports that food supplies are…

Vera Bensmann, MD, MBA for Save the Children-UK; funded by UNAIDS through UNICEF Enough has been written on HIV/AIDS. Many good guidelines, policy- and strategy papers, handbooks, manuals, and other documents are available in our organisations. For this study 1.5 meters…

BUJUMBURA - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is greatly concerned about the deteriorating food and humanitarian situation in Burundi, where more than one million people are in need of relief food due to a lack of rain and…

Today one rape in two involves a minor: children, sometimes even babies. Boys as well as girls are raped. Nor are the elderly, pregnant women, or mothers spared. Every social category is affected. On International Woman's Day, March 8, MSF…

Ceci est un résumé de la situation humanitaire en Guinée Forestière en utilisant les diverses sources disponibles (agences gouvermentales, agences UN, ONGs et société civile). 1) STATISTIQUES Selon les informations obtenues sur le terrain et réunion de coordination de la semaine…

This Ops Update is intended for reporting on emergency appeals. Launched on 26 November 2002 for CHF 160,000 (USD 111,901 or EUR 108,862) to assist 250,000 beneficiaries for 3 months DREF Allocated: 10,000 CHF Beneficiaries: 250,000 Period covered: February 1…

Humanitarian Activities 1. UN WFP undertakes to help 631,000 vulnerable people The World Food Programme (WFP) has signed a Letter of Understanding with the TNGoB [Tuesday 4 March] to provide food aid for some 631,000 vulnerable people under a protracted relief…