Informes

Mali is one of the countries affected by the food crisis in west Africa. Armand Kassogue, director the Catholic Parish of Bandiagara, one of Christian Aid's partners in Mali, explains why this year's food shortages are so severe. What's the…

GAO, le 11 août (IRIN) - Djibril a eu de la chance. Si ce petit bébé famélique n'avait pas été porté par sa mère de leur village, situé dans l'est du Mali, jusqu'à l'hôpital principal de Gao mercredi matin,…

In Mali an estimated 1.1 million(1) people are facing food shortages. Approximately 70% of Mali's population depends on agriculture but ongoing droughts have meant that more than 60% of the land is desert or semi-desert, making the country extremely…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] GAO, 10 August (IRIN) - Emaciated baby Jibril is lucky. If he hadn't been carried by his mother from their village in eastern Mali, to the main hospital…

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - ECOWAS has given Mali 100 million CFA francs in aid to help the country provide food relief to areas of the country facing famine, according to the deputy executive secretary of the ECOWAS, General Cheick…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] MARSI, 8 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The normally dusty Sahelian plains around Gao in eastern Mali are vividly green after the first rains, but there's still not enough…

BAMAKO, August 8 - The massive humanitarian response to the Niger food crisis is both welcome and urgently needed, but for the Tuareg nomads of northern Mali, it is both distant and meaningless. "There is such a focus on…

MARSI, le 8 août (IRIN) - Après les premières pluies, les plaines arides et poussiéreuses qui entourent habituellement la région de Goa sont recouvertes de pâturages verdoyants. Mais il n'y a toujours pas assez de céréales pour nourrir toute…

BAMAKO, Aug 8 - A team of Red Cross specialists left the Malian capital, Bamako, on Monday to set up the logistical infrastructure for forthcoming emergency food distributions around the northern city of Timbuktu. The team comprises senior operational and medical…

BAMAKO, le 4 août (IRIN) - La communauté internationale doit réagir rapidement avant que la crise alimentaire, déjà grave, ne dégénère au Mali, a déclaré mercredi l'organisation humanitaire britannique Oxfam. Les autorités ont, quant à elles, rejeté les avertissementsde K de…