Informes

- As usual, the condition of pasture and animal watering conditions are deteriorating as the hunger season sets in. However, in general, the condition of natural vegetation across the country as of April 10 is better…

Former hostages meet Mali's president - Mali calls for steps to end insecurity BAMAKO, April 23 (Reuters) - Mali called for a crackdown to end insecurity across the Sahara and Sahel on Thursday, a day after it secured the release…

Mali says two diplomats, two tourists freed - Two tourists still held by al Qaeda - Hostages handed to local authorities Tuesday night - No word if ransom was paid (Adds comments by Canadian Prime Minister, paragraphs 1, 6-9) By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, April…

Cada año, un millón de personas muere de esta enfermedad, prevenible y curable. - 25 de abril, Día Mundial de la Lucha contra la Malaria. La malaria o paludismo, pese a tratarse de una enfermedad prevenible y curable, causa la muerte…

BANKASS, 20 April 2009 (IRIN) - For more than one decade, midwife Kouma Bana Nimaga, 41, told IRIN she has delivered babies in Mali's rural northern villages with scarce health supplies. Mali's maternal mortality and infant mortality rates have…

Team of mediators in contact with captors - Kidnappers demand release of militants By Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO, April 15 (Reuters) - A team of mediators is negotiating the release of four European tourists kidnapped in northeastern Mali in January, a Malian…

Abstract Background The risk of Plasmodium falciparum infection is variable over space and time and this variability is related to environmental variability. Environmental factors affect the biological cycle of both vector and parasite. Despite this strong relationship, environmental effects have rarely been…

Good grain availability from the 2008/09 growing season and favorable conditions in neighboring countries point to a good nationwide food outlook for 2009. Harvest forecasts for the 2008/09 winter growing season are 15 percent above production figures for last year. Off-season…

Les disponibilités céréalières issues de cette campagne 2008/09 et l'environnement satisfaisant dans les pays voisins présagent de bonnes perspectives alimentaires courant 2009 dans le pays. La production de la campagne d'hivernage 2008/09 de riz à l'Office du Niger est supérieure…

Reports of good cereal production levels are confirmed Final crop performance data from the 2008/09 agricultural survey shows good grain harvests across the West African countries. Grain production is up in the CILSS countries, as well as in ECOWAS and…