Reports

WASHINGTON - The humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the Congo) remains among the most catastrophic in the world. The International Rescue Committee estimates that 3.8 million people have died there since the start of the war…

Bunia, March 4 - Over 10 people have been dying each day in the camps in and around Kakwa following the suspension of humanitarian assistance to the area on Monday, and the death toll may be even higher in…

On 13 March 2005, the citizens of the Central African Republic will vote in the first round of presidential and legislative elections and thus bring to a close the period of "democratic transition" introduced after General Bozizé seized power…

Humanitarian Aid Cut to Tens of Thousands of People in Eastern Part of the Country LONDON/GENEVA, 4 March 2005 - UNICEF said today that renewed fighting in the eastern DRC has cut vital aid to tens of thousands of civilians…

ABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, Mar. 3 (UNHCR) The U.N. refugee agency is limiting staff movements in western and northern Côte d'Ivoire following clashes on Monday between pro-government militias and rebels in Logouale, 15 km from the western town of Man. The…

S/2005/135 I. Introduction 1. In my 19 March 2004 report on the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) (S/2004/228), I indicated my intention to submit recommendations to the Security Council concerning mechanisms and activities that could be introduced to facilitate…

Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht was happy that the referendum on the Constitution organised in Burundi on Monday, 28 February 2005 went so well. "This first democratic test since 1993 was an encouraging success in terms of both the rate…

Extract Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee United States Senate Washington, D.C. March 2, 2005 Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, I am pleased to appear before you today as the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Assistant Administrator for…

SG/SM/9745, AFR/1118 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is very concerned at the recent escalation of serious incidents in and around the Zone of Confidence in Côte d'Ivoire, culminating in the attack…

AI Index: AFR 16/003/2005 (Public) News Service No: 050 1 March 2005 Amnesty International welcomes the referendum on the Burundian Constitution, likely to be overwhelmingly approved, and urges the Government of Burundi to take all possible measures to ensure that the…