Africa — Latin America — Asia — Middle East

1988 ◽  
Vol 28 (267) ◽  
pp. 546-550
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Set Up

The ICRC assisted more than 12 000 persons in northern Burundi following the outbreaks in August of violent ethnic disputes. Blankets, clothing, soap, cooking utensils and farming tools were distributed from mid-September to the affected population.Relief materials were in part transported by truck from Uganda and in part purchased locally by the ICRC.Distributions took place in the villages of Ntega and Marangara, near the border with Rwanda, where the recent clashes had occurred. Delegates distributed supplies first in the centres set up for displaced persons, then in the hills to which the population was gradually returning.

Africa — Latin America — Asia and Pacific — Middle East

1986 ◽  
Vol 26 (251) ◽  
pp. 115-124
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Other ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Assistance Programme ◽  
Medical Teams ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The One ◽  
Voluntary Agencies

In January and February, the ICRC reduced, as planned, the level of its relief activities in Ethiopia. This reduction was made possible, on the one hand, by an increase in food supplies for the population in the northern provinces of that country affected by conflict and drought and, on the other, by more intensive activity on the part of other voluntary agencies in the area. While leaving in place the structures which would enable it rapidly to set up a large-scale assistance programme if the need were to appear in a given region, the ICRC has lowered the volume of its general relief distributions. In December 1985, 10,700 tonnes were distributed to 830,000 persons. This was reduced to 5,000 tonnes for 424,300 persons in January, and further to 2,800 tonnes for 181,000 persons in February in the provinces of Eritrea, Tigray, Wollo, Gondar and Hararge. The last three therapeutic feeding centres were closed on 16 January (Wukro), and on 16 and 27 February (Idaga Hamus and Adwa). However, ICRC medical teams continued to monitor the health of the populations living in provinces which were receiving assistance, concentrating their activities on groups of displaced persons in Eritrea (in the region between Keren and Barentu), Tigray (in the region between Aksum and Adwa and the region of Mehony), Wollo (in the region of Sekota) and Hararge (Wobera Woreda; Habro Woreda), all areas with major security problems.

Africa—Latin America—Asia—Middle East

1989 ◽  
Vol 29 (271) ◽  
pp. 364-370
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The Other ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Set Up

Following ethnic clashes in Mauritania and Senegal in April, the ICRC sent delegates to both countries.Initially, with the situation still unclear, the delegates carried out complete surveys on both sides of the border to ascertain medical needs and endeavoured to repatriate the injured and sick from Senegal to Mauritania and vice versa. At the same time they worked together with the two National Societies to set up a tracing network to meet the needs of tens of thousands of people who had crossed from one country to the other, often at night and in great haste. In addition, delegates visited Mauritanian and Senegalese prisons to provide protection for foreigners detained there.

The Erosion of Democracy

1960 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Rupert Emerson
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Party System ◽  
Authoritarian Rule ◽  
People's Party ◽  
United Arab Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Military

1958 was the year of collapse for democratic constitutionalism in the new countries. Although some, following the example of Latin America, had already abandoned their brave new experiments, hopes were still high for the rest. The major defectors from the democratic ranks in 1958 were Pakistan, Burma, and the Sudan, in all three of which the military took over, but other countries underwent similar experiences which emphasized the nature and extent of the crisis. In Indonesia the existing regime was pushed further toward an unstable combination of disintegration and authoritarian rule by the proclamation in Sumatra of a provisional revolutionary government, claiming to supplant the government headed by President Sukarno. In Thailand, Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, who had replaced Field Marshal Pibul Song-gram, reasserted and tightened his dictatorial control. In the Middle East the United Arab Republic was established under the firm authoritarian rule of Colonel Gamal Abdul Nasser; Iraq was taken over by General Abdul Karim Kassim; and Lebanon and Jordan were both threatened by upheavals. In Africa south of the Sahara the military had not yet come to prominence but Nkrumah and his Convention People's Party tightened their grip on Ghana; and Guinea, voting its independence from France, set up an explicit one-party system under the leadership of Sékou Touré.

Africa — Latin America — Asia — Middle East

1987 ◽  
Vol 27 (257) ◽  
pp. 210-217
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Food Aid ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Southern Sudan ◽  
The Past ◽  
Set Up

In southern Sudan, relief supplies were distributed in January in the Narus region, where 10,200 persons received 145 tonnes of sorghum, 28 tonnes of beans and 18 tonnes of oil. Further distributions of foodstuffs were carried out in the first week of February (291 tonnes). On 18 February the recipients of the “seed and implements” project were once more registered systematically: 22,800 persons were registered in Narus and the three neighbouring camps. Distributions began at the end of February. The Narus feeding centre continued to admit children suffering from malnutrition: in January, 476 children were cared for at the centre. A surgical hospital, gift of the Finnish Red Cross, was set up at Lokichokio, in Kenya, to treat wounded persons arriving from southern Sudan. The despatch of food aid to Tigray and Eritrea was continued as in the past. In January, 1,230 tonnes were sent to Tigray and 730 tonnes to Eritrea.

Africa — Latin America — Asia — Europe — Middle East

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (208) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Water Mains ◽  
The Cost

The ICRC delegation in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe continued its protection and assistance activities.In November, work was begun near Salisbury on the building of 300 shelters for displaced persons who had fled from unsafe areas to seek refuge around the large urban centres. The Rhodesian authorities gave the land, laid drinking water mains and provided sanitation. The cost of the actual buildings will be covered by the ICRC and its delegates have undertaken to draw up the list of needy families to whom homes will be allocated. It is estimated that the project will take 18 months to complete and will cost 355,000 Swiss francs.

Africa—Latin America—Asia—Middle East

1979 ◽  
Vol 19 (213) ◽  
pp. 317-327
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Building Material ◽  
Displaced Persons

continued its protection and assistance activities in aid of the victims of the conflict. During those two months, it distributed 541 tons of foodstuffs, 3,000 blankets, clothing, 12.5 tons of soap, and building material for huts, to a total value of 380,000 Swiss francs, to the 68,000 displaced persons throughout Rhodesia for whom the ICRC provides aid at regular intervals.

Africa — Latin America — Asia and Pacific — Middle East

1985 ◽  
Vol 25 (245) ◽  
pp. 102-117
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Medical Officer ◽  
Chief Medical Officer ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Special Fund ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Set Up

Dr. Athos Gallino, member of the ICRC, accompanied by Dr. Rémi Russbach, chief medical officer of the ICRC, went on mission from 20 January to 3 February, first to Mozambique and then to Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Sudan. As head of the “Special Fund for the Disabled”, created by the ICRC in 1983, — Dr. Gallino visited the centres for care of war amputees and paraplegics which have been set up in these countries by the ICRC with the support of local authorities and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The ICRC representatives went to Maputo (Mozambique), Bulawayo (Zimbabwe), Debre Zeit and Asmara (Ethiopia) and Kassala (Sudan).Dr. Gallino and Dr. Russbach also visited the ICRC feeding centres in Axum and Mekele (Ethiopia).

Africa — Latin America — Asia — Middle East — Europe and North America

1984 ◽  
Vol 24 (239) ◽  
pp. 102-119
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Conflict Situation ◽  
Food Aid ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
East Europe ◽  
The Government

The fate of displaced persons in Angola continued to be of grave concern to the ICRC during the first weeks of the new year, all the more so as its efforts to provide food aid to the victims of the conflict situation were seriously hindered by the danger to which transport is exposed and by the impossibility of obtaining the authorities' agreement to allow the ICRC to work according to its customary procedure. The ICRC put forward concrete proposals both to the Government (in particular during the mission by the ICRC delegate-general for Africa, at the end of 1983) and to the directors of the “Angolan Red Cross”, with a view to resuming its normal assistance programmes. Unfortunately, these proposals had not produced any result by the end of February.

Africa—Latin America—Asia—Middle East

1980 ◽  
Vol 20 (214) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Displaced Persons

In November and December 1979, the ICRC delegation continued its various activities arising from the conflict in Rhodesia. In November, it distributed 269 tons of foodstuffs, 1,500 blankets, 3,000 items of clothing and 7 tons of soap to about 81,000 displaced persons. The value of the goods distributed was about 168,000 Swiss francs.

Africa—Latin America—Asia—Middle East

1990 ◽  
Vol 30 (278) ◽  
pp. 439-447
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
The Town

Several surveys carried out by delegates during the period under review showed that the next crops were being disastrously affected by the lack of rainfall. Certain vulnerable groups of the population (children, elderly and newly displaced persons, etc.) are already suffering from the drought. Since it is impossible for other agencies to get food to Malakal (by barge along the Nile) and Aweil (by train), the ICRC organized an airlift to supply these two points. Relief was also flown by large cargo aircraft to the town of Leer, in the area controlled by the SPLA, pending an ICRC barge service there.

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