Reports

Résumé de l'opération: Depuis le lancement de l'Appel d'urgence le 22 juillet, la Fédération et les Sociétés Nationales Participantes au Niger sont venues en aide à 19,318 enfants âgés de moins de 5 ans souffrant de malnutrition modérée et à…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated September 2, 2005. NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Affected population - Niger 2,700,000 Government of Niger, August 19, 2005 Affected population - Mali 1,000,000 WFP(1), August…

A major food shortage is affecting almost eight million people in West Africa. Thousands of children are severely malnourished and many are believed to have died already. The crisis has engulfed the drought-prone region of the Sahel, where four of…

SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS Les conditions alimentaires sont actuellement caractérisées par un amenuisement des disponibilités en céréales et un niveau élevé des prix à l’échelle du pays, malgré la baisse amorcée dans sur la plupart des marchés, notamment…

In spite of the abatement of the rainfall regime observed in some places across the Sahel, August was characterized by very heavy local thunderstorms; floods remain a serious threat. Though an abatement of the rainfall regime was observed in the…

Ouagadougou - 29 août 2005 - Contexte Le Burkina Faso, à l'instar des autres pays du Sahel, est confronté à des difficultés alimentaires consécutives à l'invasion acridienne et, surtout, à l'arrêt précoce des pluies au cours de la campagne…

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS A look at the food situation in August shows increasingly limited grain availability and high price levels across the country despite the downswing in prices on most markets around the country in the beginning…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. In Brief Emergency Appeal No. 05EA015;…

By Bob Coen NEW YORK, 19 August 2005 - As the disturbing images of starving children in Niger fade from the international media, a similar crisis could be just around the corner for other countries in the Sahel - the…