OCHA sent one person to evaluate humanitarian situation and coordination mechanism. Daniel Augstburger SEO/OCHA Geneva carried out a mission to Brazzaville from 26th of November until 5th of...
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ICRC Overview of Operations 2003
This document supplements the ICRC's Headquarters Appeal 2003and contains: an overview of the ICRC's operations in 2003 a description of its presence in the field a breakdown of its operational...
Republic of the Congo: ICRC staff released
Geneva/Brazzaville (ICRC) -- Two staff members of the international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) who had been held since 4 December were released yesterday in the Bouenza region, in southwestern...
Afghanistan + 41 more
FAO/GIEWS Food Outlook No. 5, 2002
Highlights Latest information confirms a sharp drop in global cereal production in 2002, to 1 833 million tonnes. As a result of this, and a marginal rise expected in total cereal utilization in...
Cameroon + 6 more
Central African Region Appeal No. 01.44/2003
While socio-economic indicators for most of the countries in Central Africa seem to suggest a relative richness, in fact, the available resources in these countries remain very unequally distributed,...
Angola + 1 more
Congo: Les soldats angolais amorcent leur retrait
BRAZZAVILLE, 17 décembre (IRIN) Les 1 500 soldats de l'Angola qui demeuraient en République du Congo, pour soutenir le président Denis Sassou-Nguesso, ont amorcé leur retrait lundi, mettant ainsi un...
Angola + 1 more
Congo: Angolan troops begin pull-out
BRAZZAVILLE, 17 December (IRIN) - Angola's remaining 1,500 troops backing President Denis Sassou-Nguesso in the Republic of Congo (ROC) began to pull out on Monday, thereby ending a five-year...
Angola + 23 more
Food Supply Situation and Crop Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa No. 3
PR 02/129 Rome, 17 December 2002 - Some 40 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are threatened by severe food shortages and a major humanitarian crisis is deepening in southern Africa, the UN Food...
Afghanistan + 10 more
Press conference by Special Representative of Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict
At a United Nations Headquarters Press Conference today, Olara Otunnu, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, launched a new report, in which the...
Malawi + 20 more
Africa Hunger Alert campaign begins
ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme today officially launched the Africa Hunger Alert campaign, aimed at drawing international attention to the unprecedented hunger crisis gripping the...
EU concerned about worsening situation in Congo
BRUSSELS, Dec 16, 2002 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The European Union (EU) said Monday that it was seriously concerned about the worsening situation in the Pool Region of the Republic of Congo and called...
Declaración de la presidencia en nombre de la Unión Europea sobre la situación en la zona de Pool, Republica del Congo
COMUNICADO DE LA O.I.D. Burselas/Madrid, 17 de Diciembre de 2002 17:25 h. - N=FAmero: 9.224 La Oficina de Información Diplomática del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores hace p=FAblico el siguiente...
Newly displaced face crisis in Republic of Congo
Geneva, 16 December 2002 - Thousands of people who fled new fighting in the Republic of Congo are now facing a humanitarian crisis without aid in the war-torn southeastern Pool region. More than...
War shatters Congolese teenager's dreams
COTONOU, Benin (UNHCR) - In June 1997, 14-year-old Roger walked calmly to school in Brazzaville's oppressive afternoon heat. Roger had just finished lunch with his parents and his two younger...
Afghanistan + 14 more
Secretary-General's report lists parties to conflict using child soldiers
SG/2082, HR/4635 NEW YORK, 13 December (Office of SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict) - In a major development, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has submitted a report for consideration...
Mozambique + 16 more
FEWS Africa Drought and Floods Hazards Assessment, 12 Dec 2002
CCA Guidance for Southern Africa Rainfall for Jan-Mar 2003 At One Month Lead Southern Africa is defined here as the region between 10 S and 35 S; 10-50 E. The updated prediction for Jan-Feb-Mar 2003...
Republic of the Congo: ICRC calls for swift release of two abducted staff members
Geneva (ICRC) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is extremely concerned about the fate of its two staff members who were abducted one week ago in south-western Republic of the...
Zimbabwe + 18 more
Africa: Countries facing exceptional food shortages - Dec 2002
Republic of Congo Appeal No. 01.42/2003
Since the civil war, when its volunteers were highly praised for their first-aid services to victims, the Congolese Red Cross has shifted its focus to supporting its population on a more structural...
Congo + 2 more
Conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States: Ministers urge Africa to avoid conflicts
By Tervil Okoko PANA Correspondent Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) Three ministers attending the eighth conference of Ministers of Education of African Member States (MINEDAF VIII) in Dar es Salaam,...