Informes

Current reports from a variety of sources about a possible threat of famine in Mali have been characterized by information frequently established as erroneous or misleading in the field. Certainly the food security situation in Mali is less worrisome…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] GAO, 17 August (IRIN) - When Tashcout Worra Kofan was young, she would gather together her small children, pack her thatched domed hut onto donkeys and together the…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is expanding its emergency operation to help some 530,000 vulnerable people (more than 76,000 families) in the Sahel region of Africa over the next 6 months. The extended emergency…

ABUJA, Aug 16, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The United Nations World Food Program (UNWFP) on Tuesday called for increased food aid to Mali, saying the situation there was "an emergency." Pablo Reolade, country director for the UNWFP in Mali,…

GAO, le 16 août (IRIN) - Il n'y a pas de famine au Mali, affirment les travailleurs humanitaires. Comme beaucoup de pays dans la région, le Mali souffre d'une pauvreté profonde qui provoque chaque année la mort d'enfants affamés,…

BAMAKO - The United Nations World Food Programme today increased its emergency appeal for Mali in order to feed an additional 175,000 children in the hardest-hit parts of the country and avoid it slipping into a humanitarian crisis similar…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] GAO, 15 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Mali is not in a state of famine, aid workers say. Instead, like many countries in the region, Mali suffers from deep…

TIMBUKTU, Mali, Aug 15 (British Red Cross) - Niger's hunger crisis has raised potent questions about international willingness to respond to food shortages in Africa before they become emergencies. In neighbouring Mali, a deteriorating and potentially disastrous situation is demanding…

GENEVA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Food aid is urgently needed for Mali, where the same famine that struck neighbouring Niger is intensifying, the United Nations emergency food agency warned on Friday. "We must learn from what happened in Niger and not…

Koeln/Bamako, Aug 12, 2005 - Malteser International supports the "National Security Stock" of the government of Mali with Euro 200,000 to restock 17 cereal banks with 520 tons of cereal for 60,000 people in the region Mopti, located 640…