Paris .- The current humanitarian situation in Ivory Coast is desperate and non-governmental organizations have serious problems in carrying out their relief work, as revealed on Thursday a report on the field of Radio France International (RFI). Various humanitarian sources speak of more than 500 people died as a result of clashes between supporters of outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara.
In the country's main city, Abidjan, the situation is increasingly worrying. Most of its inhabitants were locked in their homes and in many parts of the city the streets are deserted and in the hands of looters. Shortage of food and water cuts are frequent and electricity, even in hospitals.
In some parts of Abidjan, a single output to get some water presents a danger. "There is nothing in the shops, you can not leave," said one Abidjan resident. "People are hungry," he added. Nurses and doctors are forced to sleep in their jobs and can not return to their homes for safety reasons.
They have little means to provide care to their patients, the drugs become scarce and only water comes out of the taps. The French NGO Action Against Hunger (ACH) this week has sent two trucks loaded with twelve tons of humanitarian aid, especially for displaced populations in the west.
Abidjan, however, suffers a real lock 'de facto', as the CEO of ACH, François Danel. "The problems of access and curfews severely handicap the movement of people and goods," said Danel from Man, a town within a hundred miles of Duékoué. 
In the country's main city, Abidjan, the situation is increasingly worrying. Most of its inhabitants were locked in their homes and in many parts of the city the streets are deserted and in the hands of looters. Shortage of food and water cuts are frequent and electricity, even in hospitals.
In some parts of Abidjan, a single output to get some water presents a danger. "There is nothing in the shops, you can not leave," said one Abidjan resident. "People are hungry," he added. Nurses and doctors are forced to sleep in their jobs and can not return to their homes for safety reasons.
They have little means to provide care to their patients, the drugs become scarce and only water comes out of the taps. The French NGO Action Against Hunger (ACH) this week has sent two trucks loaded with twelve tons of humanitarian aid, especially for displaced populations in the west.
Abidjan, however, suffers a real lock 'de facto', as the CEO of ACH, François Danel. "The problems of access and curfews severely handicap the movement of people and goods," said Danel from Man, a town within a hundred miles of Duékoué.
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