Informes

OUAGADOUGOU, 11 avril 2008 (IRIN) Les personnes vaccinées contre la méningite sont censées être protégées contre la maladie pendant trois ans, mais des responsables de la santé ont annoncé que des épidémies de méningite s'étaient déclarées dans plusieurs régions o=F9…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will embark later this month on a four-nation tour of West Africa that will take him to Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, a spokesperson for the United Nations announced today. Accompanied by his wife, Yoo…

Investing in long-term food security projects in Africa is key to fight some of the root causes of hunger and malnutrition, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as it launches a new five-year strategy to…

OUAGADOUGOU, 10 April 2008 (IRIN) People vaccinated against meningitis are supposed to have protection for three years but health officials have announced that meningitis epidemics have occurred in several areas where populations had recently been immunized. "(Health researchers) are currently collecting…

L'investissement à long terme dans des projets de sécurité alimentaire en Afrique est crucial pour traiter certaines des causes profondes de la faim et de la malnutrition, affirme la Fédération internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge…

JOHANNESBURG, 7 April 2008 (IRIN) - Food prices have the potential to change regimes and the course of history. When Marie Antoinette allegedly said, "Let them eat cake" in 1789, she was wondering why higher bread prices were causing…

SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS - Lowering or cutting taxes on food product tariffs - Burkina Faso : The centre of the country faces food insecurity - Mauritania: A serious food crisis predicted - Guinea Bissau: Cereal stocks are dwindling - Togo: Food security of flood…

Restrictions à l'exportation du riz : risque de pénuries dans les pays fortement importateurs Les facteurs explicatifs de la pénurie L'offre est en forte baisse partout dans les pays producteurs. Dans la perspective d'une pénurie de riz, les prix pourraient continuer…

Release number IFAD/21/08 Addis-Ababa, 2 April 2008 - IFAD Vice-President Kanayo Nwanze has called on African countries and international donors to step up their efforts to mobilize greater investment in agriculture and rural development. 'Rapid agricultural and rural development holds the key…

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a…