Reports

Patrice Bogna MONUC and humanitarian agencies in Kisangani explore an alternative to costly relief air operations: MONUC-Kisangani convened a meeting on 13 January involving humanitarian partners to discuss a possible humanitarian assessment mission and the delivery of relief assistance on…

Congolese Government Must Investigate and Prosecute Warlords, Not Reward Them (Brussels, January 14, 2005) - The Democratic Republic of Congo's transitional government should investigate and prosecute militia leaders responsible for massacres and other grave war crimes in the northeastern Ituri district,…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. In Brief Appeal No. 23/2003; Operations…

Context Liberia continues to face a precarious future. Security has gradually improved but the situation is still unpredictable and volatile due to protests and demonstrations by various dissatisfied groups.1 Violence against humanitarian agencies and their workers has continued to be…

CHAD Population Movements More refugees who had been spontaneously settled along the border (inside Chad) are requesting UNHCR to be accommodated in the refugee camps. It appears that as their stay in Chad is prolonged and resources became scarce, they are…

AI Index: AFR 47/001/2005 (Public) Last Friday, the leading Rwandese human rights organisation, La Ligue Rwandaise pour la Promotion et la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (LIPRODHOR), closed its doors. All its employees are temporarily suspended, a suspension that will…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org In…

Yulu Kabamba On 30 and 31 December 2004, a MONUC multidisciplinary team conducted investigations into Human rights abuses perpetrated on 17-22 December 2004 in Buramba, a locality situated in the Rutshuru district. The findings suggest at least 30 civilians, including women…

7 January 2005 - United Nations peacekeeping troops have continued the sexual abuse of girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN's watchdog office says, but peacekeeping officials say Member States providing the soldiers must send…

Press Conference Yulu Kabamba "Over the past week, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) proceeded with the putting-in-place of the first battalions of Indian and Pakistani peacekeepers in the Kivus", Eliane Nabaa, the Deputy Head of…