Informes

In the wake of violent clashes between Mali's army and Tuareg rebels, nearly 20,000 Malians have fled their country and taken refuge in northern Burkina Faso. Most of the refugees are gathered in Oudalan, Seno and…

Suite aux affrontements qui ont éclaté au Mali, près de 20 000 personnes se sont réfugiées dans le nord du Burkina Faso. Dans le camp de Mentao, les équipes MSF distribue eau et vivres et prépare…

La FAO lance un nouvel appel de 69,8 millions de dollars pour conjurer une crise alimentaire 9 mars 2012, Rome - Plusieurs pays de la région du Sahel en Afrique de l'Ouest ont besoin d'une aide d'urgence…

FAO calls for an additional $69.8 million to head off food and nutrition crisis 9 March 2012, Rome – Several countries in the Sahel region of western Africa need urgent support to prevent a full-blown food and…

Aperçu et éléments clés des interventions Depuis le démarrage des interventions au Burkina Faso en mars 1970, les engagements nets de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) dans le pays se sont élevés à 791,91 millions d’UC*.…

CHF 120,557 has been allocated from the IFRC’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Burkinabe Red Cross Society (BRCS) in delivering immediate assistance to some 600 families. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged. Summary:…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS On February 15, leaders from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), and the U.N. Development Program, as well as donor governments, including USAID and the…

OUAGADOUGOU, 29 February 2012 (IRIN) - With nearly 20,000 Malian refugees now in Burkina Faso, according to Burkina Minister of Communications Alain Traore, and up to 800 more crossing the border each day, the government says…

SUMMARY In 2011, sporadic rainfall, insufficient local harvests, high food prices and the consequences of the crises across the region had a serious impact on already vulnerable communities in the Sahel. Given the combined effects of these…

by Mara Caputo Successful initiatives in the Sahel that span the aid-development continuum have been cultivated in the midst of mounting drought and despair, providing a blueprint for a way beyond chronic food insecurity. The despair is born…