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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This report updates fact sheet # 24, dated March 11, 2005. DARFUR EMERGENCY - NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict-Affected Persons in Darfur and…

Significant Events/ Highlights On 28 February, a group of "Young Patriots" attacked 'Forces Nouvelles" positions in the western town of Logoualé, 450 km west of the economic capital Abidjan, with the aim of "liberating" the area. UN peacekeepers, backed by…

S/2005/177 I. Introduction 1. By its resolution 1561 (2004) of 17 September 2004, the Security Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 19 September 2005 and requested me to continue to report periodically on progress in…

Marcus Prior, a WFP public information officer based in Senegal, sent this e-card describing how the worst locust invasion in 15 years has devastated the harvest in Mauritania, leaving hundreds of thousands of people in urgent need of food…

BUJUMBURA, 16 March 2005 - Following Burundi's recent vote for a new constitution to end more than ten years of conflict, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme said today that two million Burundians would…

Growing food insecurity conditions in pastoral, agropastoral and pasts of the agricultural zones The confluence of drought, desert locust infestations and an early end to the rainy season has resulted in a worsening food security crisis in…

Bujumbura/Rome, 16 March 2005 Following Burundi's recent vote for a new constitution to end more than ten years of conflict, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) said today that two million Burundians would…

Emergency Assistance to Sudanese Refugees in Eastern Chad: EMOP 10327.0 Highlights March distributions underway with complete rations (570 gppd) for all commodities. WFP commences pre-positioning of food east in preparation for the rainy season. Blanket Supplementary Feeding to continue in four out of the…

Highlights 8 March: International Women's Day. In Burundi the day will be officially celebrated on 19 March under a theme that encourages women to elect and be elected for important positions in the coming institutions. Refugee returns: As of 13 March, UNHCR…

KIGALI, Rwanda, March 11 (UNHCR) - More than 800 Burundians have arrived in neighbouring Rwanda in the last two weeks, citing threats and fears of violence surrounding a recent referendum. The new arrivals - some 600 Tutsis and a large…