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01 Jan 2001

Sierra Leone
OCHA Presence in Sierra Leone 2001

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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01 Jan 2001

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: The experience of former child soldiers (demobilised children)

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— COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale
Kidnapped: They have been captivated during the several attacks on the villages launched by the rebels throughout the war started in 1991. Attacks made in order to destabilise the government and to punish the civilians whose only alleged guilt had been not to revolt against what the rebels considered a corrupt government. Onslaughts went hand in hand with the worst atrocities (houses were looted and burnt, people mutilated, killed, raped), and torn families apart. The rebels kidnapped thousands of children, maybe 10.000 since the beginning of the war. The
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01 Jan 2001

Sierra Leone
Coopi's answer to child soldier's emergency - Let's not abandon the children of Sierra Leone- A complex task: from shelter to reintegration

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— COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale
A civil war has been going on in Sierra Leone since 1991. A war triggered off by the economic interests in the rich diamond mines in the northern part of the country. In order to destabilise what they consider a corrupt government and in order to get control of the mines, the rebels, led by Foday Sankoh, carry brutal onslaughts on villages, plundering them, reducing their children to slavery or forcing them to become soldiers. The difficult and fragile peace process which has started in July 1999, is leading to the liberation of hundreds of these
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31 Dec 2000

Eritrea + 5 others
OAU chief foresees new beginning for Africa

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— Agence France-Presse
ADDIS ABABA, Dec 31 (AFP) - Organisation of African Unity Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim has expressed confidence that the new year will usher in a fresh beginning for the African continent.
"I remain confident and optimistic over the prospects for a new beginning for our continent in the new century," Salim said in an address late Saturday to mark the end of the year.

"I am looking forward to that new beginning in which good governance, respect for human rights and a consolidation of the democratization process will prevail in Africa," he said.

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31 Dec 2000

Afghanistan + 5 others
Surveillance in Emergency-affected Countries

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— World Health Organization


From Health in Emergencies Issue 8
The establishment of high quality, functioning acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance - a critical step to polio elimination - is possible in countries affected by emergencies, as shown in the examples of Afghanistan, Angola and Somalia.

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31 Dec 2000

Afghanistan + 5 others
Health, Peace and Humanitarian Cease-fires

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— World Health Organization
From Health in Emergencies Issue 8
by Jon M. Ebersole

Militarised violence presents what is perhaps the most vexing challenge to the achievement of the goal of health for all. While not a member of the UN's Executive Committee on Peace and Security, WHO is nonetheless positioned to play a crucial peacemaking role in some of the world's most difficult trouble spots.

Health interventions, such as national

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31 Dec 2000

Afghanistan + 12 others
Health in Emergencies Issue 8, Dec 2000

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— World Health Organization


Health, Peace and Humanitarian Cease-fires
by Jon M. Ebersole

Militarised violence presents what is perhaps the most vexing challenge to the achievement of the goal of health for all. While not a member of the UN’s Executive Committee on Peace and Security, WHO is nonetheless positioned to play a crucial peacemaking role in some of the world’s most difficult trouble spots.

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31 Dec 2000

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Negotiation for Immunisation

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— World Health Organization
From Health in Emergencies Issue 8
Polio vaccination in some parts of the world requires the skills of a politician and the wiles of a secret agent as much as health knowledge.

In Sierra Leone, the fact that early results from the round of this year's national immunisation days (NIDs) in October show 861,000 children - almost 80% of the estimated target of 1,079,000 - were vaccinated, despite 60% of the country being in rebel

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31 Dec 2000

Afghanistan + 9 others
WHO: EHA Highlights Issue 6, Dec 2000

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— World Health Organization


New documents available on the EHA website:

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31 Dec 2000

Côte d'Ivoire + 3 others
Aide humanitaire en Afrique de l'Ouest /pays côtiers: La DDC concentre son aide

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— Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation


Extrait de la Newsletter de la DDC · décembre 2000

Afin de pourvoir au mieux aux besoins humanitaires en Afrique de l'Ouest, la DDC a fixé ses priorités: aide d'urgence et reconstruction, livraisons de lait en poudre, prévention des épidémies et projets d'aide sociale.

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31 Dec 2000

Sierra Leone
USAID Field Report: Sierra Leone Dec 2000

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— US Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
Bureau for Humanitarian Response
Office of Transition Initiatives

Program Description

OTI's program consists of the following activities:

Technical assistance to the Government of Sierra Leone for development of a new diamond policy and operations, to enable effective control and monitoring of "conflict" diamonds.

The Reintegration Training and Education for Peace Program, a two-year, nationwide, non-formal education initiative for approximately 40,000 ex-combatant and non-combatant young adults, combining

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31 Dec 2000

Sierra Leone
Field Exchange Dec 2000: Sierra Leone - A collaborative approach to a nutritional crisis in an area accessible only by air

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— Emergency Nutrition Network
By Nicola Cadge and Lynne Russell

Nicola Cadge has a background in nursing and a Masters Degree in Public Health. Nicola has worked for Merlin for more than two years both in West DRC and presently in Sierra Leone as Medical Co-ordinator.

Lynne Russell is a nurse who has been working with GOAL since September 1999 (her first overseas medical appointment). Lynne is the Medical Coordinator for GOAL's projects in Kenema and Freetown, in Sierra Leone.

Merlin started working in Sierra Leone in 1996 in response to health and nutritional crises caused by the civil

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31 Dec 2000

Sierra Leone
Small Arms Survey: Re-Armament in Sierra Leone

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— Small Arms Survey
Occasional Paper No. 1

by Eric G. Berman A publication of the Small Arms Survey

The Small Arms Survey (SAS)

The Small Arms Survey (SAS) is an independent project associated with the Programme for Strategic and International Security Studies (PSIS) at the Graduate Institute of International Studies (GIIS) in Geneva, Switzerland.

Established in 1999, the SAS is supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and by contributions from the Governments of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway,

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29 Dec 2000

Guinea + 2 others
Guinea: Yellow Fever Information Bulletin No. 1

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— IFRC
The Disaster
A serious outbreak of Yellow Fever occurred in Guinea in August/September, and the numbers of those affected continues to climb. On 30 November, 163 cases had been registered, with 65 deaths. As of 17 December, these figures had climbed to 486 persons affected, with 187 fatalities. Ten regions are particularly affected, with the highest incidence registered in the central Prefectures of Mamou, Labé, Kankan and Kindia. Recent armed conflict and insecurity in the east of Guinea Conakry has prevented the Ministry of Public Health and supporting agencies
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29 Dec 2000

Cape Verde + 10 others
IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 52 covering the period 23-29 Dec 2000

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for West
Africa
Tel: +225 22-40-4440
Fax: +225 22-41-9339
e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci

GUINEA: UNHCR prepares new camps for 60,000 IDPs

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has started preparing new camps in southern Guinea for some 60,000 internally displaced people who fled insecurity in the troubled Guekedou area, the agency said on Thursday.

A new camp being built at Sangardo, 30

IRIN:

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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29 Dec 2000

Gambia + 3 others
IRIN Update 878 of events in West Africa

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa
Tel: +225 22-40-4440
Fax: +225 22-41-9339
e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci

GUINEA: UNHCR prepares new camps for 60,000 IDPs

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has started preparing new camps in southern Guinea for some 60,000 internally displaced people who fled insecurity in the troubled Guekedou area, the agency said on Thursday.

A new camp being built at Sangardo, 30

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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29 Dec 2000

Guinea + 2 others
Disease Outbreaks Reported: Yellow fever in Guinea

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— World Health Organization
As of 27 December, 512 suspected cases, including 190 deaths have been reported in 15 districts in northwestern Guinea. Laboratory tests carried out by Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal, have confirmed yellow fever activity in 10 districts.
In collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and Médecins sans Frontières, the Ministry of Health, Guinea is conducting a vaccination campaign.

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29 Dec 2000

Guinea + 1 other
Volunteers mobilized to ease mass return to Freetown

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— IFRC
Many of the refugees who sought a safe haven in Guinea from war in Sierra Leone have again been forced to move because of violence.
The displaced Sierra Leoneons are once more seeking refuge after fighting spread to the border area which has become their temporary home during the nine-year conflict in their own country.

Some refugees have returned to Sierra Leone while others have fled to the safety of jungle areas. Many have also escaped to the Guinean capital Conakry and taken shelter in the Sierra Leonean High Commission awaiting transportation back to their home country.

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29 Dec 2000

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: IRIN chronology of significant events since independence

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— IRIN
1961: 27 April - Sierra Leone, which was founded as a haven for liberated slaves in the 18th century, receives independence from Britain with Milton Margai as prime minister.
1964: Milton Margai dies. Succeeded as prime minister by his half-brother, Albert Margai.

1967: Siaka Stevens - who in 1957 broke away from the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) to form his All People's party (APC) - is elected prime minister. However, he is prevented in a coup led by Brigadier Andrew Juxon-Smith from assuming his position.

1968: Stevens is returned to power in an army mutiny.

IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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29 Dec 2000

Guinea + 2 others
West African countries to patrol Guinea's borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone

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— UN Department of Public Information
29 December - A 16-member regional organization in West Africa has decided to send troops to the borders separating Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to help calm the violence that has erupted there over the past few weeks, according to a statement released today by the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL).
According to the UN Mission, the Defence Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has decided to send 1,676 troops - from Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal - to patrol Guinea's borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia for an initial

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