Central African Republic-Latest Updates 18 January 2007
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• On 17th January IRIN reported that the UN coordinator in CAR declared the humanitarian situation “dire “in the country. An estimated 150,000 people are internally displaced, while some 80,000 have fled to neighboring Chad or Cameroon.
• The displaced groups are widely dispersed and there are no paved roads in the northern part of the country, making it difficult for aid agencies to obtain a clear picture of actual conditions
• The few reports from the areas affected by fighting claim people are scattered in the bush subsisting on wild roots. In an effort to gather information on the crisis, the UN coordinator Lanzer, traveled to northern towns that had been occupied by militants during October and November of last year
• He said the situation was urgent, and that there were "compelling humanitarian reasons" for countries to engage in the CAR, a country not as high on the international agenda as neighboring Sudan, Chad or the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Type of document : Update
Country : CF CAF 140 Central African Republic
Publication date 2007-Jan-18
