Reports

What's at stake when locusts invade? What do a shepherd in Northwest Africa, a plant protection expert in the Sahel and a Ministry of Agriculture official in either region have in common? Their lives at the moment are dominated by…

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS An important deadline (30th September) concerning the legislation reform envisaged under the Accra III Agreement was not met. The special session of the Ivorian parliament, summoned on the 11th August to legislate the reform package, was brought…

Note: This report updates the last Situation Report dated September 21, 2004. Background During July and August of 2003, favorable climatic conditions resulted in increased locust breeding levels throughout Sahelian West Africa. The density of the swarms increased during October and November…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS 1.327 réfugiés congolais (des Bafurero, Babembe, Banyamulenge, Bavira etc.) sont arrivés dans la zone neutre entre la RDC et le Burundi depuis le mercredi 06 septembre 2004.…

MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS Launch of Organised Repatriation The facilitated voluntary repatriation of Liberian refugees from neighbouring countries commenced successfully on 1 October 2004. It was marked by the simultaneous arrival of a charter flight carrying the first group of 97 returnees from…

Note: This report updates fact sheet 1 FY 2005, dated October1, 2004. DARFUR EMERGENCY - NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict-Affected Persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad 2.2 million people U.S. Government, European Union, and United Nations Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur 1.45 million people U.N. Office for…

1-8 October 2004 A. GENERAL SITUATION Highlights On 10 October the Lone Star of Liberia played Senegal in the qualifying rounds of the joint African Cup of Nations and the World Cup at the Samuel K. Doe Sports Complex in the…

An interfaith team will deliver MCC's aid in Darfur An interfaith team will deliver MCC's material aid to camps in Darfur. The Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), a longtime MCC partner, has formed a team of 10 Muslim and 20…

Keeping hope alive By Carmen Rodriquez, Oxfam Information Officer in eastern Chad Owning livestock in Chad and Sudan is similar to having a savings account: you start it with a small amount, see it grow and use it only when things…

Weekly Introduction: Update of ITCZ During the final dekad of September 2004, the African portion of the Intertropical Convergence Zone was located near 15.0 degrees north latitude, compared with the 1988-2003 long term mean of 16.0N and last…