OCHA Situation Report No. 31
Cote d'Ivoire
15 September 2004


Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

1. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS

The Accra III meeting, with the participation of UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan, was held on the 29th of July and resulted in a fresh pledge from
all sides in the conflict to implement the political reforms demanded by
the Linas-Marcoussis agreement. It was agreed that the extraordinary
session of the National Assembly, convened by President Laurent Gbagbo,
should proceed with the adoption, by the end of September 2004, of all
legal reforms envisaged under the Linas-Marcousis Agreement, paving the
way for the start of the DDR process, which is to commence by the 15th of
October 2005. It was also agreed that there should be a clear delegation
of powers from the President to the Prime Minister Diarra. Gbagbo also
reinstated the three dismissed Ministers to bring together the Government
of National Reconciliation. The various parties also agreed to cooperate
fully with the International Commission of Inquiry, established by the UN
high Commissioner for Human Rights, who are currently investigating human
rights violations perpetrated in CI since the beginning of the crisis.
Finally a Tripartite monitoring mechanism was established, comprising the
representatives in Cote d'Ivoire of ECOWAS, the African Union and ONUCI,
to ensure that the new commitments are adhered to.

UN officials discovered three mass graves containing 99 bodies in Korhogo
in Northern Cote d'Ivoire. The UN report, which was issued on the 2nd of
August states that the bodies were discovered, while investigating reports
of human rights violations committed following the violent clashes between
Forces Nouvelles factions on the 20-21st of June.

Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, was nominated on the 7th of September as deputy SRSG
for Cote d'Ivoire by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Mar Dieye also
serves as Resident Representative of the UNDP and Humanitarian Coordinator
for the UN in Cote d'Ivoire. His responsibility areas now include
humanitarian questions, development and the DDR process under the aegis of
the Special Representative Mr Albert Tevoedjre.

Humanitarian actors and civilians continue to experience difficulties of
access in the western region of the country, particularly north of
Blolequin in the areas around the classified forest of Scio. In mid August
a group of Baoule, were not only denied access to their homes, but were
harassed and aggressed by the youths at the unofficial checkpoint, before
being forced to turn back. Humanitarian agencies have experienced similar
situations, thereby depriving vulnerable populations of humanitarian
assistance. The situation remains discouraging for IDPs who want to return
to their homes and amplifies the urgent need for both sensitisation
campaigns on the mandate and activities of humanitarian organisations, and
efforts toward rebuilding social cohesion between the various communities
and ethnic groups.

2. POLITICAL SITUATION & SECURITY AND ACCESS

The security situation in the West is deteriorating; there is a general
rise in crime, movement of militias and problems of access, with several
incidents reported in late August. The local authorities in Guiglo have
attempted to bring the rise in crime under control, which led to an
exchange of gunshots during the night of the 20th of August and several
arrests on the 30th of August. Another problem includes the increased
movement and presence of militia groups. Access is another serious
concern. Despite various sensitisation efforts and the involvement of
local authorities, humanitarian actors still experience great difficulties
in gaining access to certain areas in the west, particularly between
Guiglo and Blolequin and to villages North of Blolequin (including CIB).
On the 27th of August WFP and two the international NGO's (Solidarites and
Save the Children), were blocked in the village of Pohan, between Guiglo
and Blolequin, and had to turn back.  The unofficial roadblock had been
erected by youths from the villages, claiming that they wanted to draw the
authorities attention to the ethnic-based attacks in the region. Access
has also been completely denied since April 2004 to the Classified Forest
of Scio and CIB, North of Blolequin, where cultivation and harvesting of
timber is illegal. FANCI, who patrol the area report that there are no
people residing in this area, yet access is completely denied and three
bridges crossing over towards the area are completely destroyed.

The National Commission for DDR, held a conference between the 23rd and
27th of August in Yamoussoukro on the 4Rs (Rehabilitation, Reconstruction,
Reconciliation and Reinstallation). The purpose of the conference was to
inform the participants, which included representatives of the
humanitarian community, on the principles of the 4Rs and the programme.

According to the Accra III agreement the DDR process is to commence on the
15th October 2004. The deployment of UN peacekeeping troop forces for the
commencement of DDR is on schedule. General Abdoulaye Fall, informed the
public on the 17th of August that 5,800 military personnel are on the
ground and that only a military engineering support unit remains to be
deployed.

The UN radio station which is due to broadcast impartial news and messages
of peace and reconciliation throughout Cote d'Ivoire started broadcasting
the 10th of August, following two months of delaying tactics by the
government. The UN radio station, which eventually plans to broadcast
nationwide through a series of FM relays, had originally hoped to go on
air in mid-June. The UN radio station soon plans to reach the rebel-held
towns of Bouake, Korhogo and Man in the north of Cote d'Ivoire, as well
other towns in the government-held south.

On the 14th of August, for the first time since the beginning of the
crisis, representatives of the National Government of Reconciliation, led
by Prime Minister Seydou Diarra, visited the Northern town of Korogho. The
delegation met with local authorities, traditional chiefs and members of
civil society. Discussions were held on the poor state of basic public
services, including hospitals, schools as well as the difficulties related
to the transport of people and goods.

Local administration in the western part of the confidence zone is
gradually returning in the western region. Mrs Nimlin, the Prefet for
Bangolo, officially returned to her duties on the 20th of August. This
date also marked the inauguration of the mixed police unit, composed of
security and defence forces from both sides of the confidence zone, as
well as impartial forces. Twelve men have received training from civilian
police serving with UNOCI and will be charged with providing security in
Bangolo. UNOCI's civilian police division are planning to create other
joint security units to patrol areas within the FN-controlled zone to
prepare for the return of government officials and the reopening of
schools and health centres.

3. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION & RESPONSE

3.1 Coordination

In mid August, UN heads of agencies, donors, the prime minister's office
and international and national media participated in a mission led by the
Humanitarian Coordinator to the northern and western parts of Cote
d'Ivoire. During the mission the participants met with the humanitarian
actors and partners, including political authorities, military,
administration and local religious and customary leaders in Bouake,
Korhogo, Odienne, Man and Guiglo. The mission revealed four major
humanitarian concerns regarding health, education, water & sanitation. The
slow redeployment of medical staff and teachers has meant that the
majority of the local populations in these areas continue to be deprived
of primary health care and basic education. The poor maintenance of water
works including village pumps has left many villages without access to
clean water, increasing the chances for spread of diseases. Another
serious problem affecting the livelihoods of many is the deteriorating
economic situation. The Northern part of country particularly suffers due
to the lack of financial institutions -bringing a halt to economic
transactions. The mission also placed great emphasis on protection issues
and the return of IDPs, as well as the necessity to put more effort into
rebuilding social cohesion, which is imperative for the sustainability of
all other humanitarian interventions. The Humanitarian Coordinator, Mar
Dieye and Head of Office OCHA, Besida Tonwe, as well as donors
representing the mission, met with the Prime Minister Seydou Diarra on the
8th of September to present their findings and follow up on the
recommendations made.

A workshop for the elaboration of a common advocacy strategy for social
cohesion was organised by OCHA and UNDP on the 31st of August. The
workshop gathered some of the main local NGOs actively involved with
projects related to rebuilding social cohesion, government officials and
UN representatives. The workshop mapped out activities that have been
carried out in 2004 by the various actors for social cohesion and defined
the context and objectives relevant to the various parts of the country.

UNOCI, in collaboration with UNDP, UNICEF and OCHA has launched a project
"Les Corridors de la Paix", which aims at reuniting families who have been
separated by the crisis and displaced from their homes, through protected
visits. Priority will be given to children who have been displaced and
elders. Other activities proposed as part of the project include sports
tournaments, cultural activities, which will aim at reuniting population
split by the crisis, while restoring social cohesion. UNOCI will work
closely with the various Government institutions concerned. The official
launch date has been set for the 19th September 2004, in celebration of
the national week for reconciliation launched by the government.

In Yamoussoukro OCHA has worked at revitalising the various sectoral
groups, which suspended their activities following the departure of
various international NGOs and UN organisations. OCHA has encouraged and
sensitised those actors who remain present, including the authorities and
local NGOs, on the importance of coordinating their activities and sharing
information in order to ensure a better humanitarian response.

3.2 Protection/ Human Rights

Humanitarian organisations concerned with protection issues have brought
attention to the continued reports of harassment and threats of expulsion,
which local populations (particularly Northern Ivorians and immigrants)
living in the poorer areas of Abidjan are subjected to. The humanitarian
situation facing over 5,000 people in Yopougon, who were made homeless by
local authorities in early July 2004, remains precarious. Local
authorities demolished the homes of over 5,000 living in a shantytown area
of Yopougon following the settlement of land tenure dispute. The families
were given no warning and are now in need of humanitarian assistance. Save
the Children Sweden have in collaboration with the social services
provided non-food items and ICRC are viewing the possibility of providing
medical assistance to the affected population.

The Protection working group, made up of international NGOs and UN
organisations finalised a common strategy for the protection of child
soldiers. The strategy has been developed in preparation for the 4Rs
process and has been shared with the National Committee for DDR (CNDDR).
The protection and welfare of child soldiers remains a key priority for
humanitarian actors. In this respect Save the Children organised a
training session on the 28th of August to sensitise Forces Nouvelles on
child protection issues and the various considerations one must take
leading up to, during and following a crisis. Twenty soldiers participated
from Sakassou, Beoumi and Bouake.

ICRC has reunited 13 Liberian children with their families in Liberia. The
children were living as refugees in Toulepleu and Touba, western Cote
d'Ivoire. This is the second family reunification exercise conducted by
ICRC in Cote d'Ivoire since the beginning of the Ivorian crisis. Each
family reunion means an end to a traumatic period for parents and children
separated by armed conflict or violence, often with no news of each other.

In Guiglo, the local NGO ASAPSU is actively advocating for consolidating a
culture of peace, through various sensitisation campaigns, targeting
various layers of society, including traditional and religious leaders.
Muslims are unable to gather for religious ceremonies of prayer, as they
fear that they will be taxed or harassed. During a Catholic mass on the
15th august, a priest publicly blamed and condemned France for its
involvement in the crisis.

IOM is planning an awareness campaign against Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM) that is being practiced by the residents in the NICLA IDP transit
centre. FGM/C has been illegal in Cote d'Ivoire since 1998, however
continues to be practiced among many local communities, particularly in
rural areas. FGM is mostly conducted among Muslim women as well as women
undergoing Animist initiation rites. According to a 1999 Demographic and
Health survey of 3.040 women nationally, 44.5% of the women of Cote
d'Ivoire have undergone FGM.

3.3 Population Movements (refugees, IDPs, returnees)

There has been limited movement of IDPs, the majority of which are living
with host families in the South of the country. It has been estimated that
there are at least quart of a million IDPs living in Abidjan. Some
movement has been noted in the western part of the country, however this
mostly concerns farmers who have returned to cultivate their crops. The
environment in the west remains very hostile towards IDPs. There has been
virtually no return of civil servants to the Northern part of the country,
and they remain reluctant to return before the DDR process.

The Mie-N'Gou center in Yamoussoukro will continue to host IDPs due to an
intervention by the President Gbagbo.  The center had requested the 500
IDPs to leave the center so that it could return to its original function
of assisting the handicapped.  However, President Gbagbo has requested the
center to continue hosting the IDPs. Following this decision WFP has
resumed its food distribution at the centre.

In Guiglo Liberian refugees have little access or opportunity to generate
economic revenue while many local communities are hostile towards the
Liberians as they are still associated with Liberian rebels/militias.
Recently UNHCR was called upon to intervene in a case where Liberian
refugees had been chased away from a river where they were fishing (line
fishing). There are 26,013 refugees living in the western part (Guiglo to
Toulepleu) of the country. Local communities have been more open in the
south-western region of Tabou, where it is estimated that 44,853 refugees
are residing among the host communities. WFP and UNHCR have recently
supported a road rehabilitation project, carried out by the Association
for the Young Liberians in Tabou, an activity that gives Liberians an
opportunity to give something in return for the local communities'
hospitality.

On the 13th of August a group of Baoule, including men and women
attempting to return to their homes in and around Blolequin, was held up
in the village of Kaade, where they were physically aggressed, stripped of
their belongings and denied the possibility to pass through the area. They
were also prevented access the following day even though they had received
passes from the local authorities and were escorted by gendarmes. The
problem of denied access has also been encountered by humanitarian
agencies, which have been denied access to vulnerable populations
including IDPs North of Blolequin.

3.4 Health incl. HIV/AIDS

The state of the health sector in the North remains a serious concern due
the lack of medical staff and medicines. In the far North, WFP reported
that the lack of medical supplies has meant that the local population has
had to start importing medicines from Mali. The evaluation mission
conducted by the Humanitarian Coordinator also confirmed the urgent needs
within the health sector aggravated by the lack of clean water and
sanitation, which is facilitating the spread of water-borne diseases such
as typhoid. At a health clinic in Odienne it was reckoned that 80% of
their patients had typhoid, however the clinic lacks the means to conduct
the necessary tests. Malaria is also running high in these areas due to
the raining season and is putting a significant pressure on the already
strained health care resources.

MSF France has noted a significant rise in the number of patients at its
clinic in Guiglo over the last few months. In June MSF France provided
2226 consultations and in August it provided 3358 (approximately 50%
rise). The explosion in the number of consultations is due to the peak of
the malaria season; over half (1763) of the patients were diagnosed as
suffering from Malaria.

MSF France is gradually downscaling its support to two health clinics
(Ahougnansou and Belle Ville) in Bouake, and aims to completely end
consultations by the end of this month. MSF F has chosen to close these
clinics due to the return of health care services, public as well as
private, in this area. MSF F also closed down its activities in Toulepleu
in western Cote d'Ivoire in July due to the redeployment of health
services. It will, however, maintain its activities in Bouake through to
the end of the month, due to the high number of malaria cases following
the raining season.

UNICEF is preparing for the last rounds of polio vaccination campaigns in
2004 scheduled for October, November and December. The World Health
Organization has opened an office in Bouake. The main function of this
office will be to support vaccination campaigns.

The NGO, Enfance Meurtie Sans Frontieres (EMSF) continues to provide
primary health care to vulnerable populations in Abobo and at the Mie N'
Gou centre in Yamoussoukro, while also providing consultations through its
mobile clinics operating from two villages near Yamoussoukro.

MSF Holland continues to run and provide consultations at the hospital in
Danane. It has recently recruited a surgeon, which has enabled the
reopening of the operational block of the hospital.

The spread of HIV/AIDS was a major problem, highlighted during the mission
led by the Humanitarian Coordinator in August. One nurse, from a health
center in Korhogo, in the North, reported an overwhelmingly high number of
sero-positives among those tested. This health center, which is currently
caring for 95 HIV positive patients, reported that antiretroviral drugs
are no longer available in the region. Another serious concern is the
absence of monitoring at the blood bank, where the lack of personnel and
resources prevents the practice of regular controls, making blood
transfusions a liability instead of a benefit. WFP and UNAIDS conducted a
second mission in view of developing a project to assist those affected by
HIV/AIDS.

WFP are collaborating with several NGOs across the country to support
people living with HIV/AIDS. In the North WFP are collaborating with the
local NGO, Reseau Moulikat Bouake, in Yamoussoukro WFP together with
UNICEF support the local NGO Renaissance Sante Bouake (RSB), which
provides nutritional and medical support to HIV/AIDS patients in this
area. RSB report that they are uncovering a growing number of cases. In
May they had 20 patients under their care, this figure has since doubled.

In the North the international NGO CARE is collaborating with the local
NGO IDEAL on communication campaigns on HIV/AIDS. On the 10th of August
over 200 school children in Korogho where sensitised and given information
materials on the subject. CARE has recently opened an office in Man to
strengthen its presence in this area.

The Ministry for the fight against HIV/AIDS organised a workshop on the
23rd of August, to elaborate a common strategy for communication and
information on HIV/AIDS. The objective of the workshop was to ensure
synergy and coordination of the various communication/ information
campaigns and messages, which have been launched in the fight against this
pandemic.

According to a nutritional survey conducted by UNICEF in June 2004, the
most alarming results were from the West and North-West, where 34.4% of
the children suffer from chronic malnutrition, severe malnutrition was
highest in the north-west and north-east of the country (see table below).
Following this evaluation UNICEF has provided training for 22 health
workers on the identification, prevention and treatment of moderate
malnutrition among children in Korhogo (North). The training program aims
at ensuring nutritional surveillance in this region as well as the
availability of data that will make it possible to track the evolution of
the situation.

                CHILD NUTRITION STATUS
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
|    Acute     |       |       |   Chronic    |        |
| Malnutrition |       |       | Malnutrition |        |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
|              | Rural | Over  |       Rural  |   Over |
| Zone         | areas | all   |       areas  |    all |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| West         |  7,3% |  6,8% |        37,9% |  34,4% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| North        | 13,3% | 11,4% |        38,5% |  31,6% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| North West   | 15,5% | 14,2% |        37,5% |  34,4% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| Centre       |  7,2% |  5,5% |        25,6% |  18,2% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| North West   | 12,7% | 12,3% |        26,6% |  25,0% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| Central West |  6,1% |  5,8% |        29,0% |  27,6% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| South West   |  9,2% |  8,8% |        21,9% |  19,7% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| South        |  8,1% |  7,8% |        19,6% |  18,1% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|
| Over all     |  9,0% |  8,1% |        27,7% |  24,2% |
|--------------+-------+-------+--------------+--------|

Source: "Nutrition, Health and Mortality Survey for Cote d'Ivoire",
UNICEF, June, 2004


3.5 Education

The Ivorian school system continues to suffer as most teachers drawing
government salaries in the South have refused to return to the
FN-controlled North. In the meanwhile schools in the South remain
overcrowded due to the large number of displaced children. The Ministry of
Education estimates that almost half of the 533,000 children, who remained
in the North have been deprived of education since the start of the
crisis. Only 20% of the teachers in the North stayed at their post or
returned once the fighting died down. Over 3,000 volunteers have
supplemented these few to help fill the gap. The local NGO, Ecole pour
Tous, report that 286,000 children now attend primary school and 55,000
attend secondary school. The Minister of Education, Michel Amani
N'Guessan, admitted to IRIN, that he was reluctant to push for the return
of teachers to the North before the FN disarm. In the meanwhile
humanitarian organisations continue to maintain childrens interests
including their right to go to school.

Schools in the North including Bouake, Korhogo, Odienne, Man and Bouna
will be finishing the 2003-2004 school year in early October. For these
areas the 2004-2005 school year is expected to begin on the 4th January.

WFP is preparing its support to the Ministry of Education National Canteen
Office and estimates support to over 300,000 primary students who are to
start school in the South on the 4th of October.

Save the children UK has distributed school supplies to 138 un-accompanied
children living in the NICLA IDP centre, in preparation for the school
year.

3.6 Food Aid/ Food Security/ Agriculture

Food security remains a priority in terms of humanitarian intervention.
The Food Security sector group has agreed that WFP should continue to
provide food aid to populations in to the Western and Northern region
through September and October, until the harvest season begins.

The raining season has finally reached the northern part of the country.
Farmers were worried that the lack of rain would have a detrimental impact
on their already uncertain harvest. Farmers in the Northern town/village
of Nielle have reported that there is a serious lack of cash, and that
they are therefore ready to sell their maize harvest at prices 250FCFA/kg,
which is 50% lower than average prices for 2001-2002.

A bushfire in early September has destroyed the large parts of the village
of Gama in Sirasso, in the North, the fire combined with drought
conditions leading to a poor harvest last year has put an important strain
on food stocks in Gama. OCHA and WFP visited the site on the 7th September
to evaluate the damage; seven families have suffered great loss, with the
destruction of their homes as well as crops. WFP and ICRC are looking at
possibilities of assisting these families.

Four villages in the far west around Tai, have begun preparing the swamps
for lowland rice cultivation as part of WFP's Japanese funded "Projet
d'Amenagement des Bas Fonds" program. The villagers are receiving
technical assistance for the project from the government organisation
ANADER, the Bas Sassandra Women's Union and the Tai National Park
Conservation Group. Lowland rice cultivation is an important nutritional
and income source for the population in this forested area. It also
provides an alternative from further encroaching on the National Park,
which is one of the largest rain forests in Western Africa, containing
various species non-existent in other parts of the world. Tai National
Park in on UNESCO heritage list.

WFP are also supporting lowland rice cultivation programs in Korhogo,
Bouna and Bondoukou. Apart from providing the agricultural inputs, WFP
also provide Food for Work during the hard planting season. In August,
1,803 households benefited from this project.

WFP, FAO and local partners have started the vegetable gardening part of
their joint agricultural programme, which will target 3,500 households in
the Guiglo and Man areas. FAO will provide the households with seeds,
tools and technical support, while WFP support that programme through
"Food for Work". WFP are also supporting an ACF programme in Blolequin and
Zou, which targets women and female-headed households in particular. So
far the local populations who have benefited from this programme, which
has also included support to rice and maize cultivation, have been very
satisfied. For many, the programme has facilitated, as well as encouraged
their return to their areas of residence to restart agricultural
activities.

The raining season has caused logistical problems and slowed down WFP food
distributions in the far west along the border of Liberia. The roads
joining Tai and Grabo have been completely impassable as well as the roads
between Grabo and Tabou.

WFP Food Distribution (1-6 September)
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
| Areas        |         |Activities                 | Beneficiaries |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
| South Western| Tabou   |Food For Work              |           275 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Seed Protection            |         1,170 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Refugees in Camps          |         3,369 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|     Western  | Guiglo  |Lean season distributions  |         3,685 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Refugees in NICLA centre   |         7,085 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              | Man     |Patients in Social         |           170 |
|              |         |Institutions               |               |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Returnees                  |         2,200 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|     Northern | Bouak   |Food for Work/ agriculture |         1,805 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Food for Work/Teachers     |         1,290 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              | Korhogo |FFW/ Agriculture           |           130 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Supplementary feeding      |           189 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Lean season distributions  |         4,695 |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|              |         |Patients in social         |            50 |
|              |         |institutions               |               |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|
|TOTAL         |         |                           |        26,113 |
|BENEFICIARIES |         |                           |               |
|--------------+---------+---------------------------+---------------|

Source: WFP weekly situation report 1 -6 September 2004


3.7 Mobilisation of Resources

The CAP 2004 remains under funded by 83.3%. The main beneficiaries of
financial support include UNHCR, UNICEF, OCHA and FAO. Agencies such as
AFRICARE, ONUCI, UNESCO, UNDP and UNFPA have received no funds to date.
The response to the CAP 2004 has been very poor. In 2003 the CAP for Cote
d'Ivoire was funded by 54.3%.

WFP's regional operations are now funded by 78%, with a shortfall of 9,5
million US dollars, following a new contribution of 2 million Euros from
the European Commission.

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