Informes

Plan Burkina Faso Country Director, Mark Wentling, is available for interview OUAGADOUGOU – The resources of aid agencies are at bursting point as the number of Malians refugees arriving in neighbouring Burkina Faso has now crossed the…

(Bamako/Dakar/Geneva, 26 July 2012): Concluding a three-day mission in Mali, John Ging, OCHA Director of Operations, called for immediate international attention to the country’s serious humanitarian crisis which is driven by severe food insecurity, malnutrition, large-scale…

(Bamako/Dakar/Genève, 26 juillet 2012) : le Directeur des opérations d’OCHA a achevé une visite de trois jours au Mali en lançant un appel à la communauté internationale pour qu’elle réagisse immédiatement à la situation humanitaire grave…

Highlights The current political instability in Bamako and the insecurity in northern Mali continue to trigger important influxes of refugees into the neighboring countries of Burkina Faso, Mauritania and Niger. Altogether, the crisis has now displaced over 400,000…

I. FAITS SAILLANTS/PRINCIPALES PRIORITES Depuis lejuillet, il y a eu une épidémie de choléra dans le District de Wabaria situé sur les bords du Fleuve Niger (Gao). À partir dujuillet,cas ont été enregistrés avec six morts à…

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES Since 2nd July, a cholera outbreak was declared in Wabaria district located by the River Niger (in Gao). As of 18th July,cases were recorded with six fatalities throughout the country. Conflict and insecurity led to…

by Katie Seaborne I wasn’t expecting her to say it. “I want to finish my education, despite the troubles in my country.” To be honest, when sitting down with Agai, a young girl displaced by violence in the north…

24 July 2012: The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has given US$6,896,415 to humanitarian partners in Mali to aid conflict-affected people. Some 146,000 Malians have been internally displaced, and over 191,000 have sought refuge in…

by Katie Seaborne We load up the truck – everyone helps out heaving and pushing the huge sacks into the truck bed. Then we set off, splashing through the huge potholes in the roads that are now brimming…

by Katie Seaborne I’ve only been in Mali a few days, and I’m already exhausted. Having arrived three days earlier than planned because of the disruption of flights into Mali, my feet have barely touched the ground. It…