Reports

Summary This report focuses on the results of the recently concluded joint Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI)/FAO/WFP/ FEWS NET Crop and Food Assessment Mission (CFAM) for Season 2003 B (February-June 2003). The mission has released an unofficial version of its report,…

Action Against Hunger calls attention to ongoing and potential nutritional crises in places of nominal peace such as Liberia where malnutrition rates recently surged by as much as 75% among children. Monrovia, Liberia, July 18, 2003 Despite the halt in fighting…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) BACKGROUND Liberia has been marked by intermittent civil war since Charles Taylor launched a rebellion against the military regime of…

Depuis le lundi 7 juillet, la rébellion du Front National de Libération (FNL) a lancé une vaste offensive sur Bujumbura. Les combats, qui ont fait rage, auraient occasionné la mort de 200 à 300 personnes -rebelles, militaires et civils…

Humanitarian Situation in Liberia Over recent weeks fighting in and around Monrovia has caused thousands of people to flee within the city. There are currently estimated to be between 155,000 and 200,000 internally displaced people and refugees in more than…

While plans for troop deployment in Liberia continues to be debated, World Vision's nutritional survey has sustained and is expected to be completed on July 19th. Immunisation and other health services are also on-going at the SKD stadium, the…

Agency delivers food to people displaced by fighting BUJUMBURA, Burundi (July 16, 2003) When the bombing started in this lakeside capital early Monday, Joseph Nindorera's neighborhood in the south of the city was the first to be hit. For three…

1. Military/Political Developments Ex-combatants continue to press for their salary arrears before the departure of President Taylor. These are the ex-combatants who fought in the civil war in 1990-1997 and have since been marginalized by the government. Monrovia residents collectively have petitioned…

AFR/664, IHA/788 NEW YORK, 15 July (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Though a relative calm has prevailed in Monrovia for roughly one week, United Nations and non-governmental agencies are still confronted with great humanitarian needs in and…

The ICRC is today beginning distributions of food and other relief to 30,000 people who have been driven from their homes by the fighting and sought refuge at Doe Stadium in Monrovia. The food will be enough to cover…