Reports

CROPS ARE DEVELOPING SATISFACTORILY REFLECTING OVERALL GOOD RAINS IN JULY SUMMARY Good rains continue to fall over the main producing zones of the Sahel and overall crop prospects are favourable so far. Precipitation remained generally widespread and regular in Burkina Faso, Chad,…

Cette mission intervient suite à l'aggravation de la mauvaise situation nutritionnelle que connaissent certains pays du Sahel suite à la sécheresse et à l'invasion acridienne qu'ils ont connu. Elle a été réalisée au Niger du 27 juin au 01…

By Mathieu Bonkoungou DEOU, Burkina Faso, Aug 15 (Reuters) Until a few weeks ago, hungry farmers in a remote corner of Burkina Faso had only leaves and the grains they fed their cattle to live on. But abundant rains in…

by Morten Toennessen-Krokan, in Niger "When we talk about the most vulnerable populations, we are referring to about 160 000 children who are moderately malnourished here in Niger and 36 000 who are severely malnourished. Those are the groups most…

By James Knight and Katrina Manson DORI, Burkina Faso, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Police in Burkina Faso have arrested five senior officials accused of stealing aid donated to save some of the country's poorest people from the hunger crisis gripping…

OUAGADOUGOU, le 12 août (IRIN) - Confronté aux conséquences des catastrophes naturelles qui ont ravagé le Sahel l'année dernière, le Burkina Faso semble jusqu'ici avoir échappé à une crise alimentaire généralisée, mais le pays présente toutefois des poches de…

1. Why is Burkina Faso not experiencing a generalized food crisis? Despite the local drought and desert locust outbreak, the 2004/2005 agricultural growing season in Burkina Faso has resulted in a grain surplus of 435,014 tons. This surplus is down…

Weekly Introduction:Update of Locust Activity: August 11 - 17, 2005 July Monthly Weather Summary from the CPC African Desk: In West Africa, despite the drop-off in rainfall late in the month, amounts ended up around 80 to 120…

SAHEL HUMANITARIAN OVERVIEW The U.S. Government has responded quickly and generously to food insecurity and development challenges in the Sahel region of Africa, including Niger. In fiscal year 2005, the U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] OUAGADOUGOU, 10 August (IRIN) Burkina Faso, confronting the fallout of natural disasters that smacked the Sahel region last year, appears for now to have dodged a widespread food crisis,…