Les principales activités du HCR Burundi

- Le rapatriement et la réintégration des réfugiés burundais.

- Protection et assistance de 40 362 réfugiés et demandeurs d'asile, dont 20 177 Congolais installés dans les camps de Bwagiriza (Ruyigi), de Gasorwe (Muyinga), de Musasa (Ngozi), 245 réfugiés rwandais vivant dans le camp de Giharo (Rutana), ainsi que 42 réfugiés et demandeurs d'asile de nationalités variées vivant dans les camps. De ces 40 362 réfugiés et demandeurs d'asile, le HCR au Burundi assiste sous diverses formes et veille également à la protection de quelques

1. Executive Summary

The Africa Conflict Prevention Programme has gone through a drastic prioritisation process in 2009/10 due to funding cuts. ACPP has maintained its level of engagement in the Horn, the region most affected by conflicts in Africa. On top of focussing on "hot" conflicts, ACPP has prioritised its reduced engagement on supporting peace processes and stabilisation in key countries and developing African political and military capability to prevent and manage conflict.

ACPP major achievements and highlights are:

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UNHCR operational highlights

- The Tripartite Technical Working Group followed by the Tripartite Commission (DRC-Rwanda-UNHCR) meeting were held in Goma on 27-29 and 30 July respectively to adopt the practical modalities concerning the voluntary repatriation of Congolese and Rwandan refugees. Agreements were reached on the modalities for the screening of DRC refugees in Rwanda by the Local Permanent Conciliation Committees (CLPC). Parties committed during the Technical and the Commission meetings to prevent statelessness

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The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of unearmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation's disaster response system and increases the ability of National Societies to respond to disasters.

Summary: CHF 256,963 (USD 235,879 or EUR 173,571) was allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross

Key Trends Since 2000

- Investments in public agricultural research and development (R&D) in Uganda quadrupled during 1995-2008, primarily as a result of increased donor and development bank funding, along with growth in government funding after 2005 to support increased staffing and salary levels at the country's main agricultural research agency, the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO).

- After a period of decreasing agricultural research staffing levels in Uganda due to staff losses at NARO in response

General Situation

Somalia is the country generating the highest number of refugees in the world, after Afghanistan and Iraq. As of the end of July 2010 there were 600,484 Somali refugees, mainly hosted in Kenya, Yemen, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania and Uganda and 1.4 million Somalis internally displaced within the country, settled mainly in the South-Central region.

In 2010, almost 50,065 Somalis sought refuge in neighboring countries and over 200,000 were internally displaced, mainly in South Central Somalia, in particular from the capital, Mogadishu.

KIGALI - People in many African countries can recover from conflict faster and even have their lives transformed through a revolution in the fight against hunger including greater opportunities to harness the power of markets, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today.

In Rwanda's capital at the end of a four-nation tour, WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said she was inspired by the enthusiasm and commitment for change she heard from almost everyone - ranging from African Union leaders at a summit to victims of violence and poverty.

Identification of areas of opportunity and challenge

Livestock are an important element of the livelihoods of many Ugandan households, and considerable efforts at economic development by the government of Uganda have focused on the livestock sector. However, these development efforts have suffered due to a lack of detailed data on the distribution of livestock in Uganda to guide the targeting of such programs. In this paper we use data from the 2008 National Livestock Census to develop a better understanding of where in Uganda there