"The troops are already in place in Abeche," said France's ambassdor to Chad, Jean Pierre Bercot.

French troops began on Saturday to fly relief supplies into the border town, located some 700 kilometers (430 miles) east of the capital Ndjamena.

Some 200 French troops "will patrol the entire length of the border in agreement with Chad's national army," Bercot told AFP.

Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) completed a tour in Darfur. A report on the findings will be released.

Twenty cases of acute jaundice with four deaths occurred among refugees in Chad, during the 19-24 July period. There were no hemorrhagic manifestations. On 26 July, seven blood specimens were collected and sent to Marseille, France, for confirmation or exclusion of Yellow Fever diagnosis. Laboratory results are expected early next week.

The Polio mop-up campaign has been launched

Over one million internally displaced persons (IDPs) are estimated in the western Sudan region of Darfur with 326,422 in South Darfur, 398,773 in North Darfur and 502,265 in West Darfur. In addition to IDPs, an affected host community of residents (271,342) is accounted for as part of the 1,498,802 total number of conflict-affected population. An additional significant number of the population, who are neither IDPs nor part of the host community of residents have been affected by the conflict. This number is not known, but it is estimated that the

Este programa sanitario ha sido puesto a punto por Michael Frischmuth, experto en salud y nutrición de Cáritas Alemania, que ha visitado el sur de Darfur para conocer directamente las

"The Eritrean government has been and is training Sudan's young Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) fighters to boost their military might and to directly involve themselves in political leadership decision-making,"

"Although we don't like the resolution, we are already committed to the implementation of its measures on the basis of the agreement that was concluded with (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan," the minister of state for foreign affairs, Neguib al-Kheir Abdul Wahab, told AFP.

Abul Wahab was referring to an agreement

Ongoing harvests have temporarily lessen food security stress in equatorial GHA but due to drought and conflicts, significant populations will likely remain food insecure in 2004 and into 2005

Since 1983, an estimated two million Sudanese have died as a result of famine and protracted violent conflict between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the southern-based Sudan Peo-ple's Liberation Movement (SPLM). In addition, the country has long experienced inter and in-tra-ethnic tensions. Recently, however, several positive developments have provided new oppor-tunities to finally resolve Africa's longest war and move the country toward a lasting peace. In May 2004, the GOS and the SPLM signed the Naivasha Protocols for the resolution of conflict in the

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