Reports

For the third time in a decade, drought in the Sahel region of Africa is threatening millions of people with hunger. But how do people survive in these situations and what are we doing to help…

RÉSUMÉ À la suite de l’alerte lancée par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) en octobre-novembre 2011 face à la crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Sahel, la FAO,…

Highlights UNICEF is responding to a double emergency in Burkina Faso where the nutrition and refugee crises are affecting almost 3 million people. Out of an estimated 100,000 children under 5 with Severe Acute Malnutrition in 2012,…

Conclusions • Summer rains have remained steady over the past 20 years, but remain 15 percent below the 1920–69 average. • Temperatures have increased by 0.6° Celsius since 1975, amplifying the effect of droughts. • The amount of farmland…

Le Premier Ministre Luc Adolphe Tiao a procédé le 23 juin 2012 à Pouni au lancement de l’opération latrines, dénommée « Assainissement total porté par les leaders (ATPL) », une initiative de l’ONG WaterAid en partenariat…

WASHINGTON, June 26, 2012 — The World Bank today approved an International Development Association (IDA*) US$90 million grant which aims to increase cotton exports to more than 400,000 tons, mining revenues from 1.8 percent of GDP…

Cologne. First aid and ambulance services are the focus of a new emergency relief project supported by Malteser International, the Order of Malta’s worldwide humanitarian aid service, in northern Burkina Faso. The project will be implemented…

By Henry Makiwa This is a guest post by Henry Makiwa, British Red Cross senior media relations officer, who recently went to Burkina Faso. There, he saw how Red Cross gardening projects are helping people attain a…

By Henry Makiwa This is a guest post by Henry Makiwa, British Red Cross senior media relations officer, who recently went to Burkina Faso. There, he discovered the difficulties that Malian refugees and Burkina Faso communities face,…

By Henry Makiwa, June 20, 2012 According to the UN, at least 1 million children are at risk of the most severe form of malnutrition across the Sahel. Almost twice as many are at risk of malnutrition…