Informes

OUAGADOUGOU, 8 October 2007 (IRIN) - The number of dead from floods in Burkina Faso has risen to 46 people and some 95,000 have been displaced, according to new government estimates. Even though Burkina Faso was one of the first…

BAMA, 8 octobre 2007 (IRIN) - Des milliers d'habitants de l'ouest du Burkina Faso auront besoin d'une aide alimentaire au cours des prochains mois, conséquence des inondations qui ont submergé maisons et champs agricoles, et à présent, l'absence de…

BAMA, 4 October 2007 (IRIN) - Thousands of people in western Burkina Faso will need food aid for months to come, after floods wiped out homes and farms and now a lack of rain threatens whatever crops survived the…

Deputy Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs D'Alema has given instructions for the dispatch of a humanitarian flight from Brindisi headed for Ouagadougou containing aid earmarked by the Italian Cooperation for Burkina Faso. A total of 34 tonnes of emergency…

This Emergency Appeal has been revised, and now seeks a total of CHF 2,934,182 (USD 2,505,706 or EUR 1,767,580) in cash, kind, or services to assist 94,825 beneficiaries in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Togo for 6 months. Given the regional…

Following the floods that have stricken Burkina Faso during last month, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to provide humanitarian aid to the country population. The operation consists in an humanitarian flight with emergency goods for 50.000 persons…

Après une installation difficile de la saison pluvieuse (retards des pluies, périodes de sècheresse) qui a causé un retard de semis dans plusieurs endroits, les bonnes pluies en juillet font que la saison agricole se déroule,…

OUAGADOUGOU, 1 octobre 2007 (IRIN) - Agée de cinq ans, la petite Salamata Compaoré vit au Burkina Faso, mais souffre d'une malformation cardiaque qui provoque chez elle des difficultés respiratoires, un retard de croissance et, parfois, une insuffisance cardiaque. Le…

Should satisfactory agricultural and food prospects be expected? 1. General overview of the rainfall and agricultural situation in the Sahel and West Africa Seasonal forecasts for West Africa by the African Center of Meteorological Applications for Development - ACMAD have been confirmed.…

This report covers the period from 8/31/2007 to 9/30/2007 Bien que de caractères exceptionnels, les inondations observées à travers le pays pendant la fin août et en début septembre ne compromettent pas significativement les cultures dans les…