Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Canada
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization that draws its mandate from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Somalia
Ongoing conflict has caused a severe degradation of the humanitarian situation across Somalia. Over 600,000 people have been forced to flee the fighting in and around Mogadishu, including, at least, 9...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Sudan
In 2010, both Sudan and Chad still face significant crises related to conflict and population displacement. Overall, more than 5.2 million Sudanese remain displaced from their homes. The most notable...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Congo - Kinshasa
The situation remains extremely volatile in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), particularly in the provinces of North Kivu and Orientale. Renewed clashes between armed opposit...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Sudan
Ongoing conflict in Sudan has left millions in need of humanitarian assistance. Overall, more than 5.2 million Sudanese are internally displaced and more than 500,000 are living abroad as refugees. In...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Canada
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization that draws its mandate from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Canada
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization that draws its mandate from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Canada
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization that draws its mandate from the 1949 Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols of 1977...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Iraq
While armed conflict between the Government of Iraq, international troops and armed groups continued throughout 2008, early 2009 shows signs of a decrease in new population displacements, improved acc...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Iraq
While Iraq continues to progress through the post-conflict recovery process, everyday lives of civilians continue to be disrupted by violence, and many have limited livelihood opportunities and diffic...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Somalia
With the Ethiopian military removal of the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) government in December 2006, open conflict erupted between the Ethiopian-supported Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and re...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Pakistan
Pakistan has witnessed one of the largest, fastest displacements the world has seen in the last 15 years and certainly the largest in Pakistan's history. At the height of the conflict, the United Nati...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Canada
For several years, countries of the Great Lakes region have struggled with national and international conflicts and tensions. This is due to the presence of various armed groups with a reach that span...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Congo - Kinshasa
The United Nations report that there are still close to 4 million forcibly displaced persons in the Great Lakes region due to conflicts, including more than 800,000 refugees and close to 3 million int...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Chad
Emergency Assistance to Conflict-Affected Populations in Chad - ICRC 2009
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Colombia
More than four decades of internal violence has resulted in Colombia dealing with one of the largest displaced populations in the world, with more than three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Burundi
There are almost 4 million conflict-affected persons of concern in the Central African and the Great Lakes regions of Africa. These include some 1.1 million refugees and 1.7 million Internally Displac...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Pakistan
The intensification of armed conflict between Pakistani armed forces and armed groups during the months of August and September 2008 have left hundreds of thousands in need of emergency humanitarian a...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Sri Lanka
For over two decades a civil war has raged in Sri Lanka between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Despite the end of hostilities in May 2009, the humanitarian situation i...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Zimbabwe
The people of Zimbabwe are coping with the impacts of an unprecedented cholera outbreak, the world's highest inflation rate and one of the world's lowest life expectancies. Over five million people ar...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2008-2009
Canada
The deterioration in a variety of country contexts across Asia has led to rising numbers of civilian casualties and weapon-wounded patients being admitted to hospitals. Intensified humanitarian needs...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2010-2011
Pakistan
16 September, 2010 - Pakistan is experiencing its worst monsoon flooding in at least 80 years. Government estimates put the number of people affected by the floods at 21 million. Millions of people ha...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Yemen
December 2009 - In August of 2009 the ongoing fighting between government forces and rebels intensified in northern Yemen, spilling across the border into Saudi Arabia. The violence has forced thousan...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Yemen
September 2009 - The 'sixth war' between Government forces and Shia al-Houthi tribal groups broke out on August 12th 2009, after the collapse of the most recent year-long truce in Yemen. The United Na...
Global Affairs Canada
FY 2009-2010
Botswana
October 5, 2010 - The Southern Africa region is highly vulnerable to natural disasters (floods and cyclones) and debilitating rates of HIV/AIDS infection. Key regional issues include the recent displa...