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Burkina Faso + 4 more

Canada boosts aid for Niger and the Sahel region

(2005-39) News Release MARADI, Niger - The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will increase its contribution by $10 million to fight malnutrition and hunger in the Sahel region…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Govt. Canada
Posted:
5 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 5 more

Turkey becomes major donor for food crises in West Africa

ANKARA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a cash donation of US$1.8 million from the Republic of Turkey which will go to assist WFP's operations in Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Guinea. "This…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
WFP
Posted:
4 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso

Christian Aid partner reports on the current situation in Burkina Faso

Mathieu Ouedraogo is the President of Reseau Marp, one of the partner organisations Christian Aid is working with in response to the food shortages in west Africa. Reseau Marp works in the Zandoma province in the north of Burkina Faso.…

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Other
Source:
Christian Aid
Posted:
4 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 4 more

U.S. food aid to Niger part of larger program for Africa

Overall USAID programs top $127 million in Sahel region By Aviva Altmann, Washington File Staff Writer Washington - America's latest response to the emergency food crisis in Niger is part of an existing effort that focuses on regional solutions to development issues…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
US DOS
Posted:
4 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 4 more

Drought in Africa: USAID assistance to Niger/Sahel

Background The more than 65 million people in the nine Sahelian countries -- Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal -- are among the poorest and least food secure in the world. The region…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
USAID
Posted:
3 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 3 more

Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali & Mauritania: Food Insecurity Minor Emergency No. 05ME022

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 A TOTAL OF CHF…

Format:
Situation Report
Source:
IFRC
Posted:
15 Jul 2005

Burkina Faso

MCC provides food after a failed harvest in Burkina Faso

MCC is donating $26,000 Cdn./$21,000 U.S. to provide 60 metric tons of corn to a region in Burkina Faso that is suffering a food shortage. A partner organization, Office of Development of Evangelical Churches, is providing the corn to…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
MCC
Posted:
14 Jul 2005

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