Reports

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)Note: The last fact sheet was dated September 2, 2005. NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Affected population - Niger 2,700,000 Government of Niger, August 19, 2005 Affected population - Mali 1,000,000 WFP(1), August…

6 September 2005, Rome - "Education is the most effective way to empower the rural poor to get out of poverty and to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals are met in sub-Saharan Africa," according to FAO. In a paper…

M. l'Abbé Joseph Mukassa Somé, expert en sociologie du développement, occupe le poste de Secrétaire général de Caritas Burkina Faso depuis sept ans. Quelle est la situation au Burkina Faso actuellement ? Malgré ce que pense la communauté internationale, la famine s'est…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 1 September (IRIN) - Cholera has killed 500 people across West Africa and UN officials fear the death toll will rise as cash-strapped health services struggle to…

Faced with nearly 500 deaths from the latest outbreaks of cholera in West Africa and with the number of cases still rising, the affected countries lack the resources needed to implement comprehensive control programmes, according to the United Nations…

General Situation during August 2005 Forecast until mid-October 2005 During August, most of the Desert Locust activity was concentrated along the Chad/Sudan border and on the Eritrean Red Sea coast where hopper bands were present and developing. So…

A major food shortage is affecting almost eight million people in West Africa. Thousands of children are severely malnourished and many are believed to have died already. The crisis has engulfed the drought-prone region of the Sahel, where four of…

SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS Les conditions alimentaires sont actuellement caractérisées par un amenuisement des disponibilités en céréales et un niveau élevé des prix à l’échelle du pays, malgré la baisse amorcée dans sur la plupart des marchés, notamment…

In spite of the abatement of the rainfall regime observed in some places across the Sahel, August was characterized by very heavy local thunderstorms; floods remain a serious threat. Though an abatement of the rainfall regime was observed in the…