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31 Dec 2005

Niger + 8 others
Afrique de l'Ouest : Rapport sur la situation humanitaire No 21, Déc 2005

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
EVENEMENTS MARQUANTS
Lancement du CAP (1) pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest

Les Nations Unies et leurs partenaires ont lancé, le 2 décembre, un appel de fonds de plus de 145 millions de dollars pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest afin de couvrir les besoins en aide humanitaire de la région pour 2006. Le document lancé présente les priorités stratégiques en termes d'actions humanitaires pour 2006 et le Plan d'action humanitaire commun (CHAP) des agences des Nations Unies et des Organisations Non Gouvernementale qui y ont participé. L'appel, d'une valeur de 145 603 737 millions de dollars,

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02 Dec 2005

Sao Tome and Principe
São Tomé health ministry asks UNICEF staff to help out with cholera epidemic

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— UN News Service
Facing an unprecedented cholera epidemic, the government of the small African country of S=E3o Tomé and Príncipe has asked for United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) staff members to work in its hospitals.
"The Government was very concerned by the situation, which could become significantly worse," UNICEF spokesman Damien Personnaz told a news briefing in Geneva today.

As of today 715 cases have been reported, 17 of them fatal. Two weeks ago there were only 320 cases, and nine deaths. All the cases have been on the main island of S=E3o Tomé, 30 per cent of

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30 Nov 2005

Burundi + 30 others
Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Humanitarian Appeal 2006

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOREWORD TO THE HUMANITARIAN APPEAL 2006
The past year has been a wretched one for millions of disaster victims. It dawned with the Indian Ocean tsunami, saw a hurricane season unrivalled in living memory strike the Americas, and included South Asia’s devastating earthquake. Through it all, other tragic crises persisted in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Like never before, the year stretched and tested the capabilities of aid agencies, and the will of survivors.

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30 Nov 2005

Benin + 38 others
Secretary-General seeks $4.7 billion for twenty-six humanitarian crises in 2006

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(New York: 30 November 2005): United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called for $4.7 billion to provide urgent support to 31 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 26 countries worldwide.
"The past year has demonstrated our tremendous capacity for giving," said the Secretary-General. "This Humanitarian Appeal is an opportunity, which must not be missed, to extend that generosity to people whose plight may not capture the world's attention, but whose suffering is no less tragic. In a world of plenty, continued
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30 Nov 2005

Benin + 28 others
UN SG requests generous support for 2006 appeal aimed at those most desperate, saying 'they need our assistance and they need it now'

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— UN Secretary-General
SG/SM/10241, IHA/1122
Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's remarks at the launch of Humanitarian Appeal 2006 at Headquarters, 30 November:

I speak to you today on behalf of 31 million victims of calamity in 26 countries. They desperately need your help. I am here to seek it.

Through this Appeal, we ask for $4.7 billion on behalf of people who are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. They are the survivors of conflicts, natural disasters and often, terrible combinations of the two.

They are women and children threatened

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08 Nov 2005

Sao Tome and Principe
Death toll from Sao Tome cholera outbreak rises to nine

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— Agence France-Presse
LISBON, Nov 8 (AFP) - The death toll from a cholera outbreak that erupted in Sao Tome and Principe in early October has risen to nine from four last week, the Lusa news agency reported Tuesday citing a senior health official in the west African island nation.

A total of 126 new cholera cases have been registered over the past week in the former Portuguese colony, bringing the total number of cases to 292, said the coordinator of the government's disease response team, Manuel Carvalho.

The outbreak has so far been limited

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08 Nov 2005

Senegal + 4 others
Afrique de l'Ouest : L'ONU lance un appel aux bailleurs pour financer la lutter contre l'épidémie de choléra

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— IRIN
DAKAR, le 8 novembre (IRIN) - L'Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) vient de lancer un appel aux bailleurs de fonds pour collecter 3,2 millions de dollars américains qui serviront à aider six pays ouest africains à lutter contre le choléra, une maladie qui, selon l'ONU, a fait au moins 700 victimes et infecté plus de 42 000 personnes dans la région depuis le mois de juin.

C'est le premier appel du genre que l'ONU lance pour l'Afrique de l'ouest qui est frappée par une épidémie de choléra à chaque saison des pluies. Mais cette année, les pluies diluviennes

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07 Nov 2005

Mali + 4 others
West Africa: Rampant cholera prompts UN regional appeal

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— IRIN
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DAKAR, 7 November (IRIN) - The United Nations is asking donors for US $3.2 million to help six West African countries fight cholera, which the UN says has killed at least 700 people and stricken over 42,000 in the region since June.

This is the first appeal of its kind for West Africa, where cholera appears every rainy season but where unusually heavy rains this year sent infections skyrocketing. The movement of populations throughout the region - including religious pilgrimages and rural-to-urban

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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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07 Nov 2005

Gambia + 5 others
United Nations appeals for $3.2 million to fight cholera in West Africa

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(Dakar, Geneva and New York: 7 November 2005): The alarming wave of cholera that swept across the West Africa subregion this summer has prompted the United Nations today to launch a $3.2 million Flash Appeal for additional assistance to prevent the disease's further spread.
At the height of the epidemic late this summer, more than 42,000 infected people -- and 702 deaths -- had been recorded across eight countries, including Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
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31 Oct 2005

Gambia + 5 others
Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Flash Appeal 2005 for West and Central Africa Region - Cholera

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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31 Oct 2005

Niger + 8 others
Afrique de l'Ouest: Rapport sur la situation humanitaire No 20, Oct 2005

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


EVENEMENTS MARQUANTS
Situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Niger

Appel de fonds pour la lutte contre le choléra

Migrants dans le Sahara

SITUATION POLITIQUE ET SECURITAIRE

GUINEE BISSAU

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