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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…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 16 November 2004, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The number of…

News No. 04/137 15 November 2004, Monrovia (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has begun distributing tools for thousands of rural families in Liberia. This week, cutlasses are being distributed to 2300 households in Lofa County…

BUTUO, Liberia, Nov 15 (UNHCR) - Over the past week, the small town of Butuo, located at the border with Côte d'Ivoire in the north-east of Liberia, has become a reception centre for thousands of Ivorian refugees fleeing the…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1 ICRC announces radio tracing program The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced the launch of a radio tracing program, aimed at reuniting Burundian children separated from their families during recent years of conflict. Announcements regarding the…

8-14 November 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights In order to assess the state of readiness to receive possible influxes of Ivorian refugees, due to problems in Cote D'ivoire, the Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Abou Moussa led a High-Level Inter-Agency and NGO Mission to…

FAITS MAJEURS Les organisations humanitaires lancent des "Trains humanitaires" pour ouvrir l'accès à plus de 2.200.000 personnes après l'inauguration du trafic ferroviaire Kisangani - Ubundu. Le Ministre des Transports a en effet inauguré le mercredi 10 novembre le chemin de fer…

Population Indicators: Total population (2002): 16,365,000 Population under 18 (2002): 8,062,000 Population under 5 (2002): 2,467,000 Annual number of births (2002): 583,000 Nutrition Indicators: Infants with low-birth weight (1998-2002): 17% Children exclusively breast-fed (<6 months): 10% Breastfed with complementary food (6-9 months): 54% Children still breast-feeding (20-23 months): 42% Under-5's…

Abidjan, 11 November 2004 - As civil unrest continues in the Cote d'Ivoire, WFP has started sending food to refugees, mainly women and children, pouring over the border into Liberia. By 10 November, it was estimated that more than 6,000…

11 November, 2004--Vatican City-- Caritas Internationalis has launched an appeal for over $200,000 USD to assist Caritas Mauritania respond to two simultaneous crises that have put their nation's food supply at risk. As in 2002, insufficient rainfall in 2004 has…