Reports

CONTEXT Following a decrease in the numbers of refugees registered in Burkina Faso, this addendum to UNHCR’s revised Emergency Response Appeal for the Mali situation launched in May 2012 presents an adjusted version of the Office’s supplementary…

Highlights  The total estimated annual caseload of children under 5 with severe acute malnutrition is 100,000 children in 2012. A cumulative total 71,614 children have been treated between January and September 2012.  The annual…

Representatives of various local, regional and international development agencies and from different levels of Government met in Ouagadougou to discuss the funding of a sanitation project in the peri-urban areas of Ouagadougou, estimated at €138 million…

Luxembourg 28/09/2012 Improvements in access to safe drinking-water and basic sanitation are critical elements in meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The Court assessed whether EU development assistance for drinking-water supply and basic sanitation…

Editorial The Sahel has been affected by recurring crises and each time the response has encountered the same difficulties. What have we learned from the past? How should the new characteristics of the Sahel be analysed and…

Appeal Target: US$1,176,176 Balance Requested: US$346,252 Geneva, 08 October 2012 Dear Colleagues, This appeal has been revised to extend the implementation period for Christian Aid to 31st December 2012 and correct the errors on the Christian Aid budget. More than 19…

Highlights The total estimated annual caseload of children under 5 with severe acute malnutrition is 100,000 children in 2012. A cumulative total 67,838 children have been treated between January and August 2012. UNICEF’s nutrition team succeeded in…

Monsieur Paul Batchelor, membre du Conseil d’administration de l’ONG WaterAid, a été reçu en audience le 18 septembre 2012 par le Premier Ministre Luc Adolphe Tiao. Présent au Burkina dans le cadre d’une tournée d’évaluation des…

OUAHIGOUYA, 19 septembre 2012 (IRIN) - Des fermes entourées d'eau aux grands réservoirs de surface utilisés pour l'irrigation : les fermiers du nord du Burkina Faso, dont les champs asséchés se sont transformés en terres cultivables…

OUAHIGOUYA, 18 September 2012 (IRIN) - From rocks hemming in water on farms to large surface reservoirs for irrigation, farmers in northern Burkina Faso, where recent good rains have turned dry fields into lush croplands, are…