Informes

Geneva, 5 April 2006 Third food distribution The third and final food distribution took place between September 28 and October 16, 2005. This distribution reached 12,143 households (for a total of 75,889 people). A total of 1,106 MT of millet, the…

Jeddah : Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - The Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank, which concluded its 237th session at the Bank's Headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday 10/4/2006 after two days of deliberations, approved…

Children in Niger are bearing the brunt of famine. Chronic drought and locust infestations are plaguing many villages in the west African country. Through an appeal from Action by Churches Together, the international ecumenical alliance of humanitarian agencies, UMCOR is…

Late last year partners from Niger already warned Oxfam about the approaching food crisis. A quickly implemented relief program prevented hungry people from leaving their villages in search of food. There is grain, but most people in Niger cannot afford the…

By Joe Bavier Dantchandou, Niger, 10 April 2006 Scientists in Niger, the world's poorest country, are using a new high-tech satellite transmission system to help with rural health care. The network of transmitting stations can track disease outbreaks, report the…

NIAMEY, April 9 (Reuters) - Niger, one of the world's poorest countries, began culling poultry on Sunday, more than a month after it first discovered an outbreak of deadly avian flu near its southern border with Nigeria. The semi-desert former…

L'auditorium du Centre culturel amé-ricain à Niamey a abrité un exposé-dé-bat sur le bilan de la situation alimentaire au Niger, le vendredi dernier. L'ex-posé préliminaire a été conjointement présenté par trois représentants de l'USAID et M. Seydou Bakari de…

NIAMEY, April 5 (Reuters) - Niger became the second West African country to report a large outbreak of meningitis this year, with authorities expressing concern on Wednesday over a strain of the disease which they cannot vaccinate against. At least…

Women and Hunger: bolstering the ability of women to address hunger in Niger By Henry Weil, ACF Editor, with ACF Nutritionist Amal Bennaim Women and Hunger, a recent report by Action Against Hunger, notes that in many of the communities we…