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Burkina Faso + 2 more

Sahel: Fighting the structural causes of hunger

In view of the emergency situation in Africa's Sahel region, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) is calling upon the German government and the international donor community to increase efforts to fight the structural causes of hunger. "The world did not…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
WHH
Posted:
8 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 3 more

Mindful of Niger, WFP warns of a potential food crisis in the Sahel

ROME - As donors scramble to respond to Niger's food crisis six months after the United Nations World Food Programme launched its original appeal, WFP today urged the international community not to make the same mistake with other countries…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
WFP
Posted:
5 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 4 more

Canada boosts aid for Niger and the Sahel region

(2005-39) News Release MARADI, Niger - The Honourable Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada, through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), will increase its contribution by $10 million to fight malnutrition and hunger in the Sahel region…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
Govt. Canada
Posted:
5 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 5 more

Turkey becomes major donor for food crises in West Africa

ANKARA - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a cash donation of US$1.8 million from the Republic of Turkey which will go to assist WFP's operations in Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Guinea. "This…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
WFP
Posted:
4 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso

Christian Aid partner reports on the current situation in Burkina Faso

Mathieu Ouedraogo is the President of Reseau Marp, one of the partner organisations Christian Aid is working with in response to the food shortages in west Africa. Reseau Marp works in the Zandoma province in the north of Burkina Faso.…

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Other
Source:
Christian Aid
Posted:
4 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 4 more

U.S. food aid to Niger part of larger program for Africa

Overall USAID programs top $127 million in Sahel region By Aviva Altmann, Washington File Staff Writer Washington - America's latest response to the emergency food crisis in Niger is part of an existing effort that focuses on regional solutions to development issues…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
US DOS
Posted:
4 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso + 4 more

Drought in Africa: USAID assistance to Niger/Sahel

Background The more than 65 million people in the nine Sahelian countries -- Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal -- are among the poorest and least food secure in the world. The region…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
USAID
Posted:
3 Aug 2005

Burkina Faso

Expanding aid programme to Burkina Faso

Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) is expanding its aid programme in the Sahel region, making half a million Euros more available. The money is among other things earmarked for hungry people in Burkina Faso, where the situation has deteriorated…

Format:
News and Press Release
Source:
WHH
Posted:
27 Jul 2005

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