Reports

By Henry Makiwa, June 20, 2012 According to the UN, at least 1 million children are at risk of the most severe form of malnutrition across the Sahel. Almost twice as many are at risk of malnutrition…

UNICEF urgently requires US$ 146 million to address the humanitarian needs of children and women in the Sahel in 2012. UNICEF emergency appeals in the Sahel have secured $93 million in funding against a revised requirement of…

The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian funding to the Sahel by €40 million, bringing its response to the food crisis to €337 million. This extra funding comes just weeks before the food crisis is set…

By Helen Blakesley When I was told that my next trip would be to Burkina Faso, a land-locked Sahelian country in West Africa, truth be told, I wasn’t so enamored by the thought. Nothing to do with the…

Without immediate and continued support from the international community, the Sahel food and refugees crises are poised to claim hundreds of thousands of lives. More than 1.5 million children under five suffer from severe acute malnutrition,…

Highlights UNICEF is responding to a double emergency in Burkina Faso where the nutrition and refugee crises are affecting almost 3 million people. Out of an estimated 100,000 children under 5 with Severe Acute Malnutrition in 2012,…

The current low-level of funding of the WASH sector in the humanitarian response in the Sahel (funding status of 11%) explains poor results of the 2 strategic indicators selected to monitor WASH performance: 12 % of affected…

By Sarah Oughton in Burkina Faso Habsatou Abdulaye, 53, lives in Niaptana – one of many communities in Burkina Faso which regularly face food crises and where the Red Cross has helped women establish vegetable gardens, which…

(Ouagadougou/New York/Genève, 22 mai 2012): Les Nations Unies et leurs partenaires soutiennent les efforts du gouvernement du Burkina Faso pour répondre à la crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle qui affecte 2.8 million de personnes – soit un…

Humanitarian chief supports Burkina Faso’s approach to food crisis: Address urgent needs now and build resilience to future emergencies (Ouagadougou/New York, 22 May 2012) The United Nations and its partners are supporting the efforts…