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New York, August 2, 2005 - Helen Keller International (HKI) is responding to the current food crisis in Niger by expanding its child survival project in Diffa, one of the most remote and vulnerable regions in the country. The…
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated July 1, 2005. BACKGROUND In 2004, an early end to the rains and localized desert locust…
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today renewed its appeal for $4 million for emergency agricultural aid to tackle the food crisis in Niger, where 3.5 million people in the world's second poorest country are suffering the…
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NIAMEY, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Niger's president made a nationwide address on Tuesday to reassure the country that the food situation was improving, pledging action to ensure this year's hunger crisis would not be repeated. Civic groups and opposition leaders…
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Few doubt that there is currently a humanitarian crisis in Niger. But the scale and severity of the crisis, the point at which it turned 'critical' and the question of whether there is a current or imminent famine remain…
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Rapport des activités de la DDC de mars à juillet 2005 La Suisse a répondu dès le mois de mars avec des premières opérations d'aide alimentaire et humanitaire. Avec son avantage comparatif d'avoir un accès de proximité…
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Le Niger durement touché par une grave crise alimentaire D'après un récent communiqué de la Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge (FICR), environ 3,6 millions de Nigériens seraient touchés par la crise alimentaire et 2,9% des enfants…
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Satellite- Crucial for communication Niger is faced with a terrible food shortage. Affected a few months ago by drought, then by an invasion of pilgrim crickets, the harvests have not been sufficient in 2004. The storage houses are empty and…
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Cáritas. Madrid, 2 de agosto de 2005.- Mons. Michel Cartateguy, obispo de Nkoni en Níger en una entrevista con Carluccio Gianini, técnico de Cáritas Española en la zona, ha recordado las actuaciones que desde octubre esa Cáritas está realizando con…
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The current crisis Niger is a vast landlocked country in central Africa, more than twice the size of France, with a population of 11.9 million. Niger is ranked as the second-poorest country in the world. More than a third of…
