Burundi
Activites Humanitaires 1. Le PAM décerne des prix à l'occasion de la Journée Internationale de la Femme Cette année, à l'occasion de la journée internationale de la femme [8 mars], le Programme Alimentaire Mondial(PAM) a retenu pour thème, " La femme…
Burundi
HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. WFP International Women's Day Awards This year's International Women Day [8 March] World Food Programme (WFP) theme, was "Women and HIV/AIDS". WFP said it is "very concerned" over the high growth rates of HIV/AIDS in Burundi. "Due to the…
Liberia
Overview MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION Security update The fighting in northwestern Liberia was reported to be continuing. There were reports of serious exchanges between government forces and LURD rebels at Kley Junction (40 km from Monrovia) for the last two days. Front line is…
Côte d'Ivoire
La communauté libanaise offre plus de 10 millions de FCFA de vivres et de médicaments L'association des Libanais de Côte d'ivoire (ASLI) a fait le 12 mars dernier à la Croix rouge de Côte d'Ivoire, un don de plus de…
Sierra Leone
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Requirements The Interagency Consolidated Appeal for Sierra Leone in 2002 originally appealed for a total US$ 88,624,925 and was revised during the course of the year to US$ 70,956,633. While this figure indicates a decrease in requirements, in fact a…
Burundi
Country Profile:Republic of Burundi COUNTRY PROFILE BASIC FACTS AND ECONOMY Capital Bujumbura Size 27.834 Km2 Population (Growth) 6.847.009 (Population Growth 2.38%) 2001 *Estimate Head of State Major Pierre Buyoya Currency Burundi Franc 1056.40 francs =US$1 (www.mbendi.co.za/) Official Languages Kirundi, French (Swahili along Lake Tanganyika and in Bujumbura) Main Religious Groups Catholic…
Côte d'Ivoire + 4 more
Funds urgently needed for projects in Cape Verde, the Gambia, Mali, Mauritania and Senegal Rome, 13 March 2003 - Almost two million people are facing serious food shortages in five countries west of the Sahel,=A0the UN Food=A0and=A0Agriculture Organization (FAO)=A0saidon Thursday, as…
Côte d'Ivoire
5 - 12 March 2003 OVERVIEW The continuing crisis and resulting virtual standstill of cross-border commerce is plunging Cote d'Ivoire headlong towards a full-blown humanitarian crisis. Joblessness is rising, and consumer purchasing power is falling. WFP reports that food supplies are…
Central African Republic + 3 more
Extracts from the 11 March 2003 REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE A Spokesperson for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that she wanted to go back with journalists to what had happened in Bunia in…
Burundi
BUJUMBURA - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is greatly concerned about the deteriorating food and humanitarian situation in Burundi, where more than one million people are in need of relief food due to a lack of rain and…
