Reports

Peacebuilding Challenges Burkina Faso is facing important security challenges due to internal and external threats. As a direct consequence of instability in neighboring Mali and Niger, the country has faced several terrorist attacks. The sudden change of…

FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Planting of cereal crops and tubers (yams) starts in southern part under favourable conditions Below-average harvest gathered in 2017 compared to average of last five years Atypical increase of prices of coarse grains since harvests due…

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the disaster In the Sahel region of Burkina Faso, the nutritional status of children under the age of five was of particular concern in 2017, particularly in the Oudalan province, where prevalence exceeded…

The Government of Luxembourg has announced that it will renewal its €1 million contribution to UNAIDS for the western and central Africa catch-up plan, with the funds focused on pediatric care and treatment and human rights.…

Grâce à l’appui de la Croix-Rouge espagnole, la Croix-Rouge burkinabè a organisé une séance de distribution de vivres au profit de 89 ménages du village de Pougoumbiel (province du Yagha), le samedi 26 mai 2018. Cette…

When the rains are good in West Africa, cotton crops thrive. In those years, cotton farmers reap the rewards of a higher-risk cash crop and the local cotton company has more to sell. When drought strikes…

Le Réseau de systèmes d’alerte précoce contre la famine (FEWS NET) surveille les tendances des prix des aliments de base dans les pays vulnérables à l'insécurité alimentaire. Pour chaque pays et chaque région couvert par FEWS…

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) monitors trends in staple food prices in countries vulnerable to food insecurity. For each FEWS NET country and region, the Price Bulletin provides a set of charts showing…

Des six pays de la bande sahélienne, le Burkina Faso et le Mali sont ceux qui rencontrent de plus en plus de difficultés cette année 31 mai 2018, Rome - A travers l'Organisation des Nations Unies pour…

Burkina Faso and Mali are two of the six countries in the Sahel facing increasing hardships this year 31 May 2018, Rome - Sweden, through the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), will support drought-stricken farmers…