Informes

Highlights - First round distributions are reported complete. - On account of the 10 October deadline, second round dispatches have been stopped. Of WFP's target amount for the second round dispatches, 95% has been reached, and of this amount over 90% has…

26 septembre - 10 octobre 2005 EVENEMENTS MARQUANTS Le Directeur du Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest auprès de l'OCDE, Normand Lauzon, a conclu le 7 octobre une mission d'une semaine au Niger pendant laquelle le diplomate a échangé sur…

I. Points marquants La Cellule de Crise Alimentaire s'est réunie le 6 octobre 2005 à la Primature et a examiné les points suivants : la situation nutritionnelle et sanitaire ainsi que les actions futures. - Des arguments qui plaident en…

I.Highlights The inter-ministerial Food Crisis Group (Cellule de Crise Alimentaire or CCA) meeting to discuss the current nutritional situation and future actions needed for the post-crisis phase was held on 6 October 2005: - Arguments in favour of postponing the date of…

By Ed Stoddard CHIKWAWA, Malawi, May 9 (Reuters) - The green sugar cane fields of southern Malawi bear testimony to the fertile soil that blankets the sun-drenched land. But aid agencies say 5 million people there, or close to half the…

KEY EVENTS The Director of The Sahel Club and West Africa, Normand Lauzon, ended on 7 October a week-long mission to Niger during which he held discussions with Government officials, development and humanitarian partners on the current food crisis and…

8 October 2005 - Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Margherita Boniver will be on an official mission in Niger from 10 to 13 October, just a few weeks before the visit by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the African…

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has signed contracts to distribute 2,265,000 mosquito nets in Niger in December 2005. The project aims to protect every child under five in Niger, a total of 3.5 million…

by Gao Shixing HARARE, Oct 6, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- As hunger devastates west Africa's Niger and food shortage threatens millions in southern Africa, delegates to a regional conference on food safety in Zimbabwe Thursday unanimously recommended United…

Highlights - First round distributions are reported complete - Distributions for second round have been completed in three regions. - For second round, 12,278 MT has been dispatched, representing 82% of total second round tonnage. - WFP's Niger emergency operation is now 60% funded,…