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Listing of Sources for June 1997 RNIS Report #20

Org*

Date

Title of Report

ACF

Dec.96

Nutritional Survey - Kabul, Afghanistan

ACF

Feb.97

Nutritional Survey - Monrovia Community and Shelters Liberia

ACF

1.03.97

Nimule Town and Mogale Camps Anthropometric Nutritional Surveys

ACF

5.03.97

Nutritional Survey Gbarnga, Bong County, Liberia

ACF

10.03.97

Labone Camps Anthropometric Nutritional Survey

ACF

13.12.97

Nutritional Survey Buchanan, Grand Bassa County, Liberia

CARE

23.04.97

Report on Food Security

CONCERN

19.05.97

Nutrition Information (Angola)

DHA

Mar.97

Monthly Information Report Ethiopia March 1997

DHA

30.03.97

Humanitarian Assistance in Angola

DHA

2.04.97

Liberia - Humanitarian Situation Report No 65

DHA

9.04.97

Burundi - Humanitarian Situation Report

DHA

14.04.97

Bi-Monthly Information Report - Sierra Leone (No. 04/97)

DHA

15.04.97

Afghanistan Weekly Update Issue No. 212

DHA

16.04.97

Liberia - Humanitarian Situation Report No 67

DHA

23.04.97

Liberia - Humanitarian Situation Report No 68

DHA

30.04.97

Afghanistan Weekly Update Issue No. 213

DHA

1.05.97

Liberia - Humanitarian Situation Report No 69

FAO:

23.12.96

FAO/WFP Food Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Rwanda

FAO

4.03.97

FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Burundi

FAO

8.04.97

FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Uganda

FAO

9.04.97

FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Sri Lanka

FAO

8.05.97

Special Alert - Somalia

FAO

12.05.97

FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission to Angola

ICRC

3.04.97

Somalia - ICRC acts to curb cholera outbreak in the south

ICRC

9.04.97

Afghanistan: Over 400,000 people receiving ICRC assistance

IFRC

4.03.97

Zambia - Zairean Refugees

IOM

28.04.97

Angola Update No. 2

IRC

Apr.97

Nutritional and Body Mass Index Surveys for Kakuma Refugee Camp

IRIN

27.03.97

Emergency Update No 137 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

31.03.97

Emergency Update No 139 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

1.04.97

Emergency Update No 140 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

3.04.97

Emergency Update No 142 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

11.04.97

Emergency Update No 147 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

18.04.97

Emergency Update No 152 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

23.04.97

Emergency Update No 156 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

2.05.97

Emergency Update No 163 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

9.05.97

Emergency Update No 168 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

15.05.97

Emergency Update No 172 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

21.05.97

Emergency Update No 178 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

27.05.97

Emergency Update No 182 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

3.06.97

Emergency Update No 186 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

5.06.97

Emergency Update No 188 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

6.06.97

Emergency Update No. 189 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

17-18.05.97

Emergency Update No 175 on the Great Lakes

IRIN

19-25.05.97

Weekly Round-Up 5-97 (19-25 May 1997)

IRIN

5-11.05.97

Weekly Round-Up 3-97 (5-11 May 1997)

MSF-B

1.01.97

Evaluation nutritionelle - Kibiza

MSF-B

Feb.97

Nutritional Survey - Karuzi, Burundi

MSF-B

24.04.97

Nutritional Survey - Luena, Moxico Province Angola

MSF-B

May.97

Nutritional Survey - Gode

MSF-B

25.05.97

Information Returnees to Rwanda

MSF-F

7.04.97

Nutrition Survey Madhu & Palampidi ORC

MSF-H

6.04.96

Kilinochchi Nutrition Survey (April 1996)

MSF-H

1.02.97

Nutritional Survey at Sake, North Kivu

MSF-H

16.03.97

Health Zone Rwanguba Nutritional Survey

MSF-H

26.05.97

Survey Results - Kichanga (Zaire)

OLS

6.05.97

OLS Southern Sector Update 97/18 6 May 1997

OLS

20.05.97

OLS Southern Sector Update 97/20 20 May 1997

RI

30.05.97

Field Report Sierra Leone No. 1

RPG

Mar.97

Participation of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Liberian Elections

UN

Mar 97-Feb 98

United Nations Consolidated Appeal for Sierra Leone

UN

1997

UN Consolidated Appeal for Angola

UNECSOC

21.02.97

Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Iraq

UNHCR

1.11.96

Sri Lanka

UNHCR

25.03.97

Mission Report 17-25 February and 3-22 March 1997

UNHCR

14.04.97

Health and Nutrition Services in Kakuma Camp

UNHCR

28.04.97

Rapport de Mission 14-28 avril 1997

UNHCR

May.97

Mission Report - Tanzania

UNHCR

9.05.97

Personal Communication - Sri Lanka and Nepal

UNHCR

12.05.97

Rapport de Mission 6-12 mai

UNHCR

13.05.97

Preliminary Results of Surveys in Tanzania

UNHCR

16.05.97

Personal Communication - Liberia, Sierra Leone

UNHCR

26.05.97

Number of Refugees in Benin and Burkina Faso

UNHCR

06.06.97

Personal Communication - Bangaldesh

UNHCR

15.05.97

Personal Communication - Kenya and Uganda

USAID

11.04.97

Great Lakes Complex Emergency - Situation Report 30

USAID

16.05.97

Great Lakes Complex Emergency - Situation Report 35

WFP

Feb.97

Food Security Assessment Unit - Report No. 2

WFP

Mar.97

Food Security Assessment No 3 (Somalia)

WFP

14.03.97

Weekly Update

WFP

28.03.97

Weekly Update

WFP

4.04.97

Weekly Update

WFP

4.04.97

Weekly Update

WFP

11.04.97

Weekly Update

WFP

18.04.97

Weekly Update

WFP

20.04.97

Nutritional Situation in Bay Region - Highlights

WFP

2.05.97

Weekly Update

WFP

9.05.97

Weekly Update

WFP

16.05.97

Weekly Update

WFP

23.05.97

Weekly Update

WFP

May.97

Weekly Update

WFP

28.05.97

Update on Vulnerable Populations and Cereal Food Needs for Somalia

WFP

6.06.97

Weekly Update

WFP

30.05.97

Weekly Update

WFP

10.02.97

Regional Reports

WFP

1.04.97

Resourcing Needs


* Org

ACF

Action Centre la Faim

Al

Amnesty International

BAAG

British Agencies Afghanistan Group

CONCERN


DHA

Department of Humanitarian Affairs

FAO

Food & Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

FSAU

Food Security Assessment Unit for Somalia

GOAL


ICRC

International Committee of Red Cross

IFRC

International Federation of Red Cross

IRIN

Integrated Regional Information Network (of DHA)

MSF-B

Medecins Sans Frontieres - Belgium

MSF-CIS

Medecins Sans Frontieres - Celula Inter-Seccoes

MSF-F

Medecins Sans Frontieres - France

MSF-H

Medecins Sans Frontieres - Holland

MSF-S

Medecins Sans Frontieres - Spain

OLS

Operation Lifeline Sudan

RI

Refugees International

SCF- UK

Save the Children Fund (United Kingdom)

UNAA

United Nations Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan

UNHRCS

United Nations Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator for Somalia

UNECOSOC

United Nations Economic and Social Council

UNHCHR

United Nation's High Commissioner for Human Rights

UNHCR

United Nation's High Commission on Refugees

UNICEF

United Nation's Children Fund

WFP

World Food Programme

WHO

World Health Organization

WV

World Vision

Table 1: Information Available on Total Refugee/Displaced Populations (as of June 1997)

Situation

Population Numbers

Nutr Stat*

Comments

Condition

Total

Change from Mar.97

I: High Prev

IIa: High Risk

IIb: Mod Risk

IIc: Not Critical

III: Unknown

Sub-Saharan Africa










1. Angola




977'000


977'000

-3'000

Imp

Decreased total due to some attaining self-sufficiency and/or IDPs returning home.

2. Benin/Ghana/Togo Region




13'500


13'500

0

slat


3. Burkina Faso/Mauritania



22'500

24'000


46'500

-3'500

stat

Decreased total due to repatriation.

4. Burundi/Rwanda Region


611'200

3'157'800



3'769'000

-74'000

det

Decreased total due to return of some refugees from Zaire.

5. Central African Republic




32'400


32'400

0

slat


6. Djibouti




2'500


2'500

0

stat


7. Ethiopia

23'000

272'000


62'700

136'000

493'700

-38'800

stat

Decreased total due to re-registration of Sudanese refugees, and repatriation of some Somali refugees.

8. Kenya

147'000



26'500


173'500

7'500

det

Those in Kakuma and Dadaab camps at high risk.

9. Liberia/Sierra Leone/Guinea/Cole d'Ivoire



732'000

1'281'000


2'013'000

-476'000

imp

Decreased number requiring assistance in Liberia. Some new displacement in Sierra Leone due to Coup

10. Mozambique Region






0

-162'600

imp

The returnees are now considered to be self-sufficient:

11. Somalia


688'000




688'000

388'000

del

Increased estimate of vulnerable population due to insecurity, presence of IDPs and lack of coping mechanism

12. Sudan

4'000


2'652'800

138'000


2'794'800

0

slat

Pockets of malnutrition are likely to exist in Southern Sudan, Critical situation in Red Sea persists.

13. Uganda



315'000

38'000


353'000

-115'300

det

Slight decrease in number of Sudanese refugees, and revised estimated of numbers of IDPs reducing total.

14. Democratic Republic of Congo

260'000



179'500


439'500

23'500

det/stat

For displaced from Shaba in Mwene Ditu, nutritional status based on most recent survey data (end 1995). No indications of change.

15. Zambia




40'000


40'000

8'000

stat

Increase due to new arrivals from Eastern Zaire.

Total (Sub-Saharan Africa)

434'000

1'571'200

6'880'100

2'815'100

136'000

11'836'400

-446'200









0




Asie (Selected Situations)






6




16. Afghanistan Region



1'500'000

652'000


2'152'000

-30'000

stat

Decrease in numbers requiring assistance in Iran and Pakistan.

17. Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal




92'000


92'000

0

stat

A proportion of the population may be at high risk due to micronutrient deficiency diseases.

18. Bangladesh


24'000




24'000

0

imp

Decreased total due to repatriation. Those remaining in the camps at hightened risk due to elevated levels

19. Southern Iraq


192'000


28'000


220'000

0

slat

Those in Marshes considered to be at high risk.

20. Sri Lanka




500'000


500'000


stat




I: High Prev-

Those reported with high prevalences of malnutrition (where available >20% wasting) and/or micronutrient deficiency diseases and sharply elevated mortality rates (at least 3x normal).


IIa: High Risk-

At high nutritional risk, limited data available, population likely to contain packets of malnutrition (e.g. wasting).


IIb: Mod Risk-

Moderate risk, may be data available, pockets of malnutrition may exist.


IIc: Not Critical-

Probably not at heightened nutritional risk.


III: Unknown-

No information on nutritional status available.


* Indicates status of nutritional situation. Imp= improving; del= deteriorating; stat= static (i.e. no change).

Table 2: Summary of Origin and Location of Major Populations of Refugees, Returnees and Displaced People in Africa

June 1996 - RNIS #20 (population estimates In thousands)

From

To/In

Angola

Benin

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cote d'Ivoire

Dem Rep Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

TOTAL

Angola

977





50
















26

1'053

Benin























0

Burkina Faso























0

Burundi




265


40













290




595

Cote d'Ivoire























0

Dem Rep Congo






392









16




100


21

14

543

Eritrea


















121





121

Ethiopia








11



4







17





32

Ghana




















10



10

Guinea























0

Kenya








71















71

Liberia





305




16

408


710











1'439

Mali



24











23









47

Mauritania























0

Rwanda






342









2'600






17


2'959

Sierra Leone










137


100




453







690

Somalia








347



131






688






1'166

Sudan






111


36



38







2'500



165


2'850

Tanzania























0

Togo


4







9














13

Uganda






19















150


169

Zambia























0

TOTAL

977

4

24

265

305

954

0

465

25

545

173

810

0

23

2616

453

688

2'638

390

10

353

40

11'758



NOTES:

(1) This chart is intended to include major population groups in Africa (i.e. over 100,000 people affected from country of origin).


(2) Boxes on the diagonal (shaded) show internally displaced populations (total = 8.7 million).


(3) Numbers referred to in the text are usually by the country where the population is located (i.e. column totals).



For the regional situations of Burundi/Rwanda and Liberia/Sierra Leone the description is by country of origin (i.e. row totals).


Figure 1. REFUGEE AND DISPLACED POPULATIONS

Selected Areas in Africa (June 1997)
Figure 2. Tends in Total Refugee/Displaced Populations
By Risk Categories
Africa: December 1993-June 1997


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