Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated August 16, 2005. NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Affected population – Niger 2,680,000 Government of Niger, August 15, 2005 Affected population – Mali 1,000,000 WFP(1), August…

AFR/1234, DEV/2537 NEW YORK, 17 August (Office of High Representative) -- "Millions of people face the impending crisis of food insecurity in the least developed countries in Africa. Besides Niger, the countries that need urgent international assistance are Burkina Faso, Chad,…

175,000 children under the age of five in Mali and 57,000 vulnerable people in Burkina Faso will receive emergency feeding funded by the Department for International Development. The decision to provide $1.2 million (=A3675,000) to support the relief efforts…

CROPS ARE DEVELOPING SATISFACTORILY REFLECTING OVERALL GOOD RAINS IN JULY SUMMARY Good rains continue to fall over the main producing zones of the Sahel and overall crop prospects are favourable so far. Precipitation remained generally widespread and regular in Burkina Faso, Chad,…

by Morten Toennessen-Krokan, in Niger "When we talk about the most vulnerable populations, we are referring to about 160 000 children who are moderately malnourished here in Niger and 36 000 who are severely malnourished. Those are the groups most…

1. Why is Burkina Faso not experiencing a generalized food crisis? Despite the local drought and desert locust outbreak, the 2004/2005 agricultural growing season in Burkina Faso has resulted in a grain surplus of 435,014 tons. This surplus is down…

Weekly Introduction:Update of Locust Activity: August 11 - 17, 2005 July Monthly Weather Summary from the CPC African Desk: In West Africa, despite the drop-off in rainfall late in the month, amounts ended up around 80 to 120…

SAHEL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW The U.S. Government has responded quickly and generously to food insecurity and development challenges in the Sahel region of Africa, including Niger. In fiscal year 2005, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),…

In view of the emergency situation in Africa's Sahel region, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) is calling upon the German government and the international donor community to increase efforts to fight the structural causes of hunger. "The world did not…

ROME - As donors scramble to respond to Niger's food crisis six months after the United Nations World Food Programme launched its original appeal, WFP today urged the international community not to make the same mistake with other countries…