Reports

GENERAL SITUATION I. Highlights An OCHA-led meeting took place 17 November among local NGOs, in support of the creation of a local NGO umbrella organization, the Liberian NGO network, representing 150 local NGOs. The aim of the meeting was to finalize…

At the request and with the support of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), the FSD has started to training and deploying two mine action emergency response teams in and around Bunia (province of Ituri). FSD supervisors will start…

SUMMARYDire situation The Liberian people have suffered a worsening humanitarian situation due to escalating conflict and a recent surge of fighting in their country. During this fighting, civilians were direct targets of warfare. People reported gross violations of…

SUMMARYAlarming conditions Burundians live in some of the worst conditions in the world. Every province in the country, except one, endured sporadic fighting, looting or armed banditry in 2003. While political progress has recently been made by a…

SUMMARYDisplacement, drought, disease While prospects for peace in the Great Lakes region are promising, the region's 127 million people are struggling to cope with raging conflicts, repeated and continued displacement, drought and disease, including the HIV/AIDS pandemic. People…

SUMMARYRegional crisis Civilians in parts the West Africa sub-region continued to suffer various forms of insecurity during 2003. In Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia, they endured economic stagnation and violent conflicts. In Mali and Burkina Faso, their economies were…

SUMMARYCrisis brings hardship The people of the Central African Republic (CAR), after repeated attempted coups in recent times, have suffered a political-military crisis since October 2002 that brought hardship to most of the population. While most people support…

SUMMARYBorder needs Populations in Guinea's refugee-hosting and war-affected areas near the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia remain vulnerable and in need of aid. People are suffering worsening poverty in these areas, which have hosted hundreds of thousands…

SUMMARYStill recovering Sierra Leoneans are still recovering from an eleven-year conflict that devastated much of the country and brought much suffering to its people. More than half of the population was displaced, economic activities were severely disrupted and…

SUMMARYCatastrophe The people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to suffer intensely from over five years of war that has left trails of death and destruction throughout the country. People in eastern Congo are worst affected…