Reports

Joint statement by United Nations agencies, the European Commission and USAID on the deteriorating situation in the Sahel. ROME – Leaders of United Nations agencies, representatives of affected governments, and major donors today called for an urgent…

I. Key Messages Across the Sahel region of western Africa, a combination of drought, poverty, high grain prices, environmental degradation and chronic underdevelopment is expected to plunge millions of people into a new food and nutrition crisis…

UNICEF urgently requires US$ 67 million to address the immediate needs of children and women affected by the Sahel nutrition crisis in the first half of 2012, which is part of UNICEF’s total 2012 requirements of…

31 January 2012 – The Security Council today called for a coordinated and inclusive approach to ensure a solution to the problems facing the Sahel region, which include an ongoing humanitarian crisis, lack of socio-economic development,…

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 6 September 2011 – Asseta Djatin, now 32, was born here in Burkina Faso’s capital. She was a happy and healthy child until she fell ill at the age of six. “I can remember…

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, le 6 septembre 2011 - Asseta Djatin, 32 ans, est née ici, dans la capitale du Burkina Faso. C'était une enfant heureuse et en bonne santé jusqu'à ce qu'elle tombe malade à l'âge…

Working Paper No. 11/202 Author/Editor: Arze del Granado, Javier ; Adenauer, Isabell Summary: This paper assesses the effectiveness of policies taken by the Burkinabè authorities to protect the poor from the adverse impact of a combined food…

MALI, Bamako, le 16 juin 2011 - Cette année, pour la Journée de l'Enfant Africain, célébrée tous les 16 juin, coup de projecteur sur les « enfants dits de la rue », un phénomène qui concerne…

Les spécificités de l’année 2010 Au niveau financier, l’année 2010 est caractérisée par une forte augmentation des ressources due à l’obtention de deux programmes importants cofinancés par la Commission européenne, sur la ligne « facilité alimentaire »,…

OUAGADOUGOU, 13 May 2011 (IRIN) - Naba Wangré, manager of the child labour project at the Burkina Faso Red Cross, sends bluntly worded text messages to government officials, employers, traditional leaders, teachers, business owners and housewives…