Press releases and statements

(New York, 21 July 2003): In Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, mortars and shells continued to pound the city over the weekend. JFK hospital in the capital is overwhelmed by the recent influx of...

"Eritrea requires a more positive response from the international donor community to address the humanitarian crisis facing the country", United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the...

"Up to 70 percent" of the Eritrean population is suffering as a result of the fall-out from war or drought," said Ms Carolyn M. McAskie, UN Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office for the...

AFR/664, IHA/788 NEW YORK, 15 July (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Though a relative calm has prevailed in Monrovia for roughly one week, United Nations and non-governmental...

(Bujumbura, 11 July): Shelling of the capital continued yesterday, with no less than seven mortars striking different parts of the city of Bujumbura. An additional three mortars landed in the...

(Bujumbura: 10 July 2003) Fighting between rebels and government forces in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, has killed up to twenty civilians, injured as many as 100 and displaced some 5,000 more since...

(New York: 10 July 2003) Despite the relative calm stemming from a tenuous ceasefire in Monrovia, aid workers are struggling to meet the needs of Liberians. Humanitarian agencies in Monrovia are...

Asmara, Saturday, 5 July 2003 -- Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa arrives in Asmara, Eritrea on 6 July, on a mission to...

(New York: 2 July 2003) - A lull in the fighting in Monrovia has allowed the national staff of humanitarian agencies to resume some basic relief activities. Their efforts, however, continue to be...

New Home At Last for 8,800 Expellees A community of 2,870 families who were expelled from Ethiopia in 1998 then moved from one camp to another in over four years, achieved what seemed an elusive...