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Financement Le Burkina Faso est appuyé par sept projets FAO, nationaux et régionaux, de lutte antiacridienne. Ces projets sont financés par l'Italie, le Programme de la Coopération Technique de la FAO, l'Espagne, le Fonds International pour le Développement Agricole et…

The Government of Japan has decided to extend food aid amounting 1,954 million yen through the World Food Programme (WFP). Notes to this effect were exchanged on March 18 (Fri) in Rome between Ms. Nobuko Matsubara, Japanese Ambassador to…

By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS, March 16 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso said on Wednesday it tightened controls along its border with Ivory Coast to prevent rebels opposed to the government there from using its territory as a safe haven or…

News Release No:2005/369/AFR Washington, DC, March 7, 2005 - The World Bank today announced that the ambassadors of seven African countries signed a series of agreements with the Bank's International Development Association (IDA) for the Africa Emergency Locust Project. Beneficiary countries…

Rising grain prices threaten household buying power in the Sahel I. SUMMARY Grain prices in the Sahel continue to rise, particularly in areas especially hard hit by production shortfalls in the wake of the drought and the locust…

I. EVENEMENTS SIGNIFICATIFS Le Département des Affaires Politiques des Nations Unies a effectué une mission en Guinée Bissau du 14 au 16 février. Ont participé à cette mission, des représentants des départements des affaires économiques et sociales, politiques, humanitaires et…

I. Significant events The United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) has undertaken a mission to Guinea Bissau from the 14 to 16 February 2005. The mission, led by the Under Secretary-general for Political Affairs, Jack Chistofikdes, also composed of…

SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS La période actuelle est marquée par la faiblesse des stocks paysans dans la moitié nord du pays. Aussi la réduction des capacités des pâturages et des réserves d'eau ne permet un renforcement des pouvoirs…

[The following article is part of an IRIN Web Special on the challenges of refugee return and reintegration. The Web Special, The Long Journey Home, is available at: http://www.irinnews.org/webspecials/rr/default.asp] BAMA, 18 February (IRIN) - More than 365,000 people have fled…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 14 February (IRIN) - International donors and the governments of West Africa have agreed to activate a new mechanism to coordinate locust control measures more effectively and…