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HIGHLIGHTS United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan ended on 24 August a two-day visit to Niger aimed at taking stock of the humanitarian assistance in Niger to feed millions of thousands in need of food aid. UNSG Annan highlighted the importance…
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15 - 21 août 2005 Evénements Significatifs Le Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies est attendu en visite au Niger du 23 au 24 août 2005. Il visitera les populations des zones affectées par la crise alimentaire et aura des entretiens…
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By Sabine Dolan and Kun Li SAFO SOUMARANA, Niger, 17 August 2005 - Niger's food crisis, with its haunting images of starving children, has caught the attention of the world press. While UNICEF has taken a lead role in providing…
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A flight, leaving from Nottingham East Midlands Airport in the UK at 1800 hrs, will be a 30 tonne consignment of essential supplies, including specialist food for malnourished children under five, for the emergency response operation (details below). The Band…
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Revised Flash Appeal aims to address the needs of an estimated 32,000 severely malnourished children, 160,000 moderately malnourished children, and 2.5 million of the most vulnerable people who will be provided with food aid,…
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By Rachel Bonham Carter NEW YORK, 3 August 2005 - The food crisis in Niger means that the number of children requiring medical treatment for malnutrition has more than doubled in a year. Admissions at therapeutic feeding centres continue to…
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Indo, Salima's Mother - In Her Own Words: Her face distraught, her gaunt body sweating in the mid-day heat, Indo arrives at a UNICEF-supported therapeutic feeding center in Maradi, southern Niger. Indo is carrying her 21-month old baby girl, Salima,…
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First came the drought, then the locusts, and now famine: the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) has reacted quickly, providing EUR 1,500,000 to be used by the World Food Programme and the German Red Cross. Besides…
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Population Indicators: Total population (2003): 11,972,000 Population under 18 (2003): 6,784,000 Population under 5 (2003): 2,549,000 Annual number of births (2003): 662,000 Nutrition Indicators: Infants with low-birth weight (1998-2003): 17% Children exclusively breast-fed (<6 months): 1% Breastfed with complementary food (6-9 months): 56% Children still…
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Updated - 07/05 Background: The food crisis facing the West African nation of Niger has reached critical proportions. Last year's poor rains and swarms of locusts decimated many of the crops and killed much of the livestock that the nation's subsistence…
