Burundi : les conditions de vie de milliers de détenus améliorées

Actuellement, le CICR poursuit son mandat au Burundi, en travaillant notamment dans le domaine des visites aux détenus et de l'assistance sanitaire et médicale en milieu carcéral. Il soutient également le centre orthopédique de Saint-Kizito et collabore étroitement avec la Croix-Rouge burundaise (CRB).

News in Brief

In Numbers

• 267,769 people affected

• 3 districts affected

• 205,964 post Burundian influx

• 267,769 people in need of food assistance

Highlights

• Denmark contributed DKK 6 million to WFP’s refugee operation in response to WFP’s funding appeal.

• In December 2016, WFP mounted another funding appeal to address upcoming shortfalls in the refugee operation.

Situation Update

(Paris-Genève) La radiation définitive de la Ligue ITEKA, organisation membre de la FIDH, de la liste des ONG autorisées à travailler au Burundi est une décision absurde et funeste, a déclaré l’Observatoire pour la protection des défenseurs des droits de l’Homme (FIDH-OMCT). L’Observatoire condamne ce nouveau coup porté à la société civile burundaise et appelle les autorités à mettre un terme à leur interminable campagne de harcèlement et de musellement des défenseur-e-s des droits humains.

180.6 M required for 2016
94.5 M contributions received, representing 52% of requirements
86.1 M funding gap for the Burundi Situation

All figures are displayed in USD

Par Obi Anyadike
Rédacteur pour l'Afrique

NAIROBI, 27 décembre 2016

Dans une bonne partie du monde, la saison des fêtes est l’occasion de se faire plaisir. Mais il en va bien autrement pour ceux qui sont occupés à fuir la violence et les bouleversements ou qui se trouvent coincés dans un camp de réfugiés avec pour tout repas de Noël les maigres rations alimentaires qui leur sont distribuées.

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• As of 30 December 2016, the inter-agency coordinated appeals and refugee response plans within the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) require US$22.1 billion -- an increase of 10 per cent since it was first launched twelve months ago -- to meet the needs of 96.2 million humanitarian crisis-affected people in 40 countries. By the end of 2016, $12.6 billion were raised towards the coordinated appeals -- more than ever before. Despite immense donor generosity, it is only 57 percent of the requirements committed, leaving a short fall of $9.5 billion.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing monthly prices in the current marketing year in selected urban centers and allowing users to compare current trends with both five-year average prices, indicative of seasonal trends, and prices in the previous year.

Maize production likely to be impacted by drop in December rainfall

KEY MESSAGES

• Most of Rwanda experienced favorable rainfall during Season A, which has led to average to above-average bean production, except in a few localized areas. However, the lack of rains in the third dekad of December is likely to lead to below-average maize production. If the rains resume rapidly and last two more weeks, there may be an adequate maize harvest to support Minimal (IPC Phase 1) outcomes through May 2017.

Below-average Season A harvests likely in northern and eastern lowlands

KEY MESSAGES

Key Messages

KEY MESSAGES

• In West Africa, regional staple food production during the 2016/17 marketing year is expected to be well above average.
  Staple food prices declined and remained near average as supplies increased in November with the arrival of recent harvests and continued international rice and wheat imports. Persistent depreciation of the Naira (NGN) has led to price increases across Nigeria, especially for rice, and reduced purchasing power for Sahelian livestock and cash crops.

Lusenda, le 28 décembre 2016 - Au moment où certains s’apprêtent à passer les Fêtes de fin d’année en famille, d’autres, au contraire, vont les passer loin des leurs et même dans des camps de réfugiés : c’est pour leur témoigner la solidarité des Nations Unies en général, et celle du Haut-Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) en particulier que sa Directrice régionale a effectué ce mercredi 28 décembre 2016 sa toute première visite de terrain à Lusenda et à l’Est de la République démocratique du Congo où elle est en fonction depuis le début de ce mois de …

The cycle of violence and unrest that Burundi has been experiencing since April 2015 has become protracted. An estimated 110,000 people are displaced and 325,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.1 Communities are experiencing the erosion of coping mechanisms, with chronically high levels of food and nutrition insecurity, as well as recurring flooding and displacement. The protection crisis is disproportionately affecting children, who make up approximately half of Burundi’s population.

By Obi Anyadike

Editor-at-Large and Africa Editor

NAIROBI, 27 December 2016

Across much of the world, the festive season is a time of indulgence. But what if you’re too busy fleeing violence and upheaval, or stuck in a refugee camp on reduced rations?

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Highlights

64,755 South Sudanese refugees, most of them new arrivals.

103,717 Refugees from the Central African Republic.

34,973 Refugees from Burundi

543,309 Congolese refugees in African countries

5,501 Rwandan refugees repatriated from DRC in 2016

KEY FIGURES
346,255 New Burundian refugees in asylum countries since April 2015 as of 30 November 2016

FUNDING
**USD 180.6 million"" requested for the overall situation through UNHCR's Supplementary Appeal (January-December 2016)

Gap
49%

Funded
51%

REGIONAL STRATEGIC OVERVIEW

Introduction

Highlights

• The regional C.A.R. Emergency Operation will be extended by 12 months, until December 2017. A budget revision is being finalized.

• Due to increasing needs, including the continued influx of South Sudanese refugees and persistent population movements, WFP’s resources are strained. This could seriously hamper WFP’s ability to deliver assistance from January 2017 onwards. The six month shortfall of the PRRO is USD 60.3 million.