I. Introduction

1. Le présent rapport portant sur la période allant de janvier à décembre 2010 (ainsi que sur certaines situations qui ont subsisté au-delà de la période considérée) est soumis en application de la déclaration du Président (S/PRST/2010/10) du 16 juin 2010, par laquelle le Conseil m’a prié de lui présenter un rapport sur l’application de ses résolutions 1261 (1999), 1314 (2000), 1379 (2001), 1460 (2003), 1539 (2004), 1612 (2005) et 1882 (2009) et des déclarations présidentielles sur le sort des enfants en temps de conflit armé.

Regional Displacement Summary

Dungu, 1 May 2011 – Following recent attacks by elements of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) against civilians in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s town of Doruma, the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) intervened by deploying its Special Forces in the area in order to protect the local population.

The seven-day operation codenamed “Operation Easter Shield”, which was launched on 23 April, was conducted by Guatemalan Forces with the aim of protecting civilians.

By James Oloch in Lira

A total of 1,441 pupils of Omito Primary School in Lira district are likely to miss the second academic term following torrential rains that destroyed several classroom blocks recently.

The storm left three classroom blocks without roofs.

Lira chief administrative officer, Benon Rwanghua, said several schools and residential houses were damaged.

The CAO, who was touring the affected areas with the acting Lira LC5 chairman, Fredrick Obong, said P1, P2 and P3 classrooms, the headmaster’s office and the library were damaged.

Uganda’s capital Kampala is reportedly calm but tense after Friday’s riots that according to a police statement, has claimed the lives of at least five people and left over a hundred injured.

Uganda security forces fought running battles with protesters following what many describe as the inhumane and brutal arrest of the main opposition leader Dr. Kiiza Besigye on Thursday.

Written by Catherine Ntabadde
Friday, 29 April 2011 05:46
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has today (April 29, 2011) attended to 203 causalities who sustained injuries in the riots that rocked Kampala City and other parts of the country. Of these, 143 were referred to Uganda’s National Referral Hospital Mulago while 60 received on site first aid treatment from Red Cross Action Teams.

Riots have swept across the Ugandan capital as protesters called for an Egyptian-style uprising against their autocratic president.

At least two people were killed and more than 100 wounded in Kampala after soldiers fired live bullets and tear gas and beat demonstrators with sticks. Civilians fought back by blocking roads with burning tyres and pelting vehicles with rocks.

• Sixty-three food commodities and livestock were traded across the borders of eastern Africa countries in 2010

• Approximately 330,000 MT of cereals and 109,000 MT of pulses were traded. Seventy-six percent is this trade was formal, and 24 percent informal

• Uganda and Ethiopia were the key export countries while Kenya and Northern Sudan were the main importers

• August and December were the peak trading months following the main harvesting season in the source countries