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For the third time in a decade, the Sahel region is suffering from a serious food crisis. 13 million people, 3 million of them children, are again threatened by food shortages in the countries where Terre…

Pour la troisième fois en 10 ans, la région du Sahel est frappée par une grave crise alimentaire. 13 millions de personnes, 3 millions d’enfants, sont de nouveau menacés par l’insécurité alimentaire, dans des pays où…

Nous membres du RPCA réunis à Paris/France du 12 au 13 avril 2012, suite aux résultats définitifs de la campagne agricole 2011‐2012, prenons acte de ce qui suit : Les productions céréalières au Sahel et en Afrique…

10 April 2012 – Stretching 4,500 kilometres across Africa, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, the Sahel region is home to more than 50 million people. Except along the banks of the major rivers,…

People facing deteriorating food conditions in parts of Burkina Faso are eating just one small meal a day, according to local church leaders. Some communities are even being abandoned as hunger forces residents to leave in search…

ACT Alert Reference Number: 12/2012. ACT members in Burkina Faso will jointly assess the situation and form local management committees. In the crisis phase, there will be distribution of food, CfW, supplementary feeding, then mitigation and…

Summary Ever since the first warnings of drought and poor harvests in Africa’s Sahel region emerged in late 2011, vulnerable communities in many areas of the region have been threatened by a looming food crisis. That crisis…

By Sarah Oughton April 10, 2012 at 11:56 am Before mid-morning it is already hot in Tin Akoff and Mohamed Ingouda, 46, stands patiently in line waiting for his Burkinabe Red Cross food voucher. “We are all suffering due…

By Sarah Oughton in Burkina Faso Ouilimatou Diko, 21 months old, knows little about the bad rainy season, drought and insect infestations which led to poor harvests in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso where he lives,…

The Sahel Region of Burkina Faso is going through two major crises since the beginning of the year 2012. The first one is the food crisis that had been predicted since the end of the past…