Informes

Forty one years ago in the small town of Tikare, Burkina Faso, I woke up to my first day as a Peace Corps Volunteer to find a bucket of water outside my door. Since Tikare had no running water,…

Severe flooding across the Sahel region of West Africa has left hundreds of thousands of people without food and shelter, bringing fresh misery to communities already suffering their worst food crisis in decades. Following several seasons of drought and failed harvests,…

Key Message - Government-subsidized grain sales in northern and Sahelian areas are helping to stabilize market prices for grain. However, this year's lower annual incomes (with less demand for labor and the lower market value of livestock) are creating a…

This report covers the period 01/January/2010 to 30/June/2010. In brief Programme outcome: In line with the Strategy 2020, the IFRC Sahel Regional Representation' disaster management (DM) programme effectively supports Sahel National Societies (NS) programming focusing on disaster risk reduction (DRR) including adaptation to…

Key Messages High food prices coupled with low livestock prices has affected pastoralists' food access. Serious flooding in many parts of the country has caused serious damage, however harvest prospects are favourable. While some agencies do not describe a worrisome food security…

Key Messages - 100,000 residents have been affected by flooding in livelihood zone 7 (northern and eastern livestock and cereals), livelihood zone 8 (northern transhumant pastoralism and millet), and livelihood 5 (central plateau cereals and market gardening). The hardest hit…

Key messages - The lean season in the Sahel and the far northern reaches of the Sudanian zone is at its height. However, fresh tuber, corn, and groundnut crops from bimodal areas are beginning to make their way to area…

Inondations continuent dans les zones d'insécurité alimentaire - Dans les zones de moyens d'existence du Nord et Est bétail et céréales (7), du Nord Élevage transhumant et mil (8) ainsi que du Plateau Central céréales et maraîchage (5), cent mil…

27 August 2010: In response to the severe flooding affecting over 105,000 people in the country, CERF allocates nearly $2 million to humanitarian agencies in Burkina Faso. The World Food Programme (WFP) will use $721,000 to provide food assistance for…

The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has approved an emergency grant of US$200,000 to help the victims of the flood disaster in Burkina Faso. The OFID grant is in support of emergency operations providing life saving relief undertaken…