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Burkina Faso: Feeding the poorest of the urban poor

By Fid Thompson Ougadougou - Rising prices in Burkina Faso have put some staple foods beyond the reach of the urban poor. So the World Food Program has launched its first ever emergency food voucher program in Africa to help…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
VOA
Posted:
27 Mar 2009

Burkina Faso + 6 more

West Africa Food Security Alert: March 25, 2009

In its February 2009 Alert, FEWS NET announced that prices above the nominal five-year average (2003/08) and increasing earlier than expected in December and January put the region at increased risk of food insecurity. Cereal prices have generally stabilized…

Format:
Analysis
Source:
FEWS NET
Posted:
25 Mar 2009
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FEWS Afrique de l'ouest alerte de sécurité alimentaire, 25 mars 2009 - Prix de céréales élevés se stabilisent en Afrique de l'Ouest

FEWS NET annonçait dans son Alerte de Février que les prix élevés par rapport à la moyenne nominale quinquennale et en hausse en avance des expectatives en décembre et janvier risquaient d'augmenter l'insécurité alimentaire dans la région. Depuis lors…

Format:
Situation Report
Source:
FEWS NET
Posted:
25 Mar 2009
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Burkina Faso

Global: Fatal 'extensively-resistant' tuberculosis spreads

DAKAR, 24 March 2009 (IRIN) - Over the past three years, the number of countries reporting cases of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB)- essentially untreatable in the developing world- has grown by almost 25 percent to reach 55 countries,…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
TNH
Posted:
24 Mar 2009

Burkina Faso + 25 more

Water and Sanitation: A matter of rights, even in times of emergency, says UN Expert

WORLD WATER DAY On the occasion of World Water Day (22 March), the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, Ms. Catarina de Albuquerque, expresses her particular concern about…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
OHCHR
Posted:
20 Mar 2009

Burkina Faso

Water is life: ADRA commemorates World Water Day

Silver Spring, MD - On March 22, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joins the world in commemorating World Water Day, asserting that the pledge to halve the number of people globally without access to safe drinking water…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
ADRA
Posted:
20 Mar 2009

Burkina Faso + 1 more

Stop the economic crisis from becoming a human crisis

Preoccupied by the economic crisis, policy makers are warning that hunger is slipping down their list of priorities. But the stumbling world economy is the very reason they should accelerate funding for food security, says Nancy Roman. ROME - Policy…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
WFP
Posted:
17 Mar 2009

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