Reports

Summary: In July, August and September 2010, torrential rains caused extensive flooding in Burkina Faso, particularly in the provinces of Namentenga and Sanmatenga in the Centre-North region, Gnagna in the East, Oudalan, Yagha, Seno and Soum in the Sahel.…

Burkina Faso - 27-year old Assiétou was pregnant with her third child when she discovered that she was HIV positive. "I thought it was the end of the world," she recalls. "I immediately thought about my husband and I was…

Period covered by this Ops Update: 4 to 12 January, 2011. Appeal target (current): CHF 1,350,184; Appeal coverage: 19%; Appeal history: - This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on a preliminary basis on 23 December, 2010 for CHF 1,350,184 for 6 months…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since the beginning of the political impasse in Côte d'Ivoire, considerable international attention has been devoted to the crisis and its potential humanitarian implications. Regional humanitarian actors in West Africa, in consultation with the country teams of Côte d'Ivoire…

Period covered by this Ops Update: 24 December, 2010 to 03 January, 2011. Appeal target (current): CHF 1,350,184; Appeal coverage: up to CHF 400,000; Appeal history: =B7 This Emergency Appeal was initially launched on a preliminary basis on 23 December, 2010 for…

Over the next three months UNICEF requires US$ 20.1 million to respond to needs of children and women affected by the post-elections crisis in Côte d'Ivoire and neighbouring countries - An overall 2.4 million persons in Côte d'Ivoire and neighbouring…

By Bouréima Konaté BANFORA, Burkina Faso, 30 December, 2010 - The villages of Dègue Dègue and Nofesso are situated sixty kilometres east and south respectfully, from the town of Banfora, in western Burkina Faso . In early December 2010, health…

Glide N=B0 OT-2010-000255-CIV 23 December 2010 This preliminary Emergency Appeal seeks CHF 1,350,184 in cash, kind, or services to support the National Societies in countries neighbouring Cote d'Ivoire to assist some 45,000 beneficiaries for 6 months, and will be completed by…

(Extract) Statement from the Chair Plan entered the 2010 financial year with cautious optimism, having weathered the worst of the financial crisis. I am very happy to report that the measures we have since put in place, and the continuing efforts…

By Priscilla Ofori-Amanfo OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 8 December 2010 - .By the end of next week, 12 million Burkinabe children and young adults will receive a new meningitis vaccine. The drive to tackle this potentially fatal disease, which infects the…