Reports

UNICEF urgently requires US$ 146 million to address the humanitarian needs of children and women in the Sahel in 2012. UNICEF emergency appeals in the Sahel have secured $93 million in funding against a revised requirement of…

by Hedinn Halldorsson “I’ve played a doctor since I was a child,” Jean tells me and grins. Jean is the nutrition expert of Save the Children in Burkina Faso and I’ve come to his office in Ouagadougou, the…

The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian funding to the Sahel by €40 million, bringing its response to the food crisis to €337 million. This extra funding comes just weeks before the food crisis is set…

by Hedinn Halldorsson She speaks to me in Mòoré, the language of the Mossi people, spoken by 5 million in Burkina Faso, Mali and Togo. Good morning to you too, I answer. Her face is tattooed, according to her…

By Helen Blakesley When I was told that my next trip would be to Burkina Faso, a land-locked Sahelian country in West Africa, truth be told, I wasn’t so enamored by the thought. Nothing to do with the…

HIGHLIGHTS A new food and nutrition crisis is affecting millions of people across the Sahel Region of Western Africa this year, due to a combination of drought, high grain prices, decrease in remittances, environmental degradation, displacement of…

8 June 2012 - By the African Centre for Crop Improvement (ACCI) and the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) Africa needs a critical mass of scientists trained in plant breeding, with conventional and molecular expertise…

The trip from Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, to the town of Kaya takes only a few hours but it instantly feels like a world away. The air-conditioned office and bustling streets quickly give way to…

Key messages Very poor and poor households in potential problem areas (livelihood zones 8, 9, 7, and 5) are still in Phase 2 (stressed) of the IPC acute food insecurity phase scale. The mobilization of 50,000 metric…

Abstract Societies have a stake in ensuring that their youngest populations receive regular health check-ups and proper medical care when needed. Children whose health is protected and nurtured have a better chance of enrolling in school, learning,…