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United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance Team Members Mikaela Meredith Alden Henderson, Ph.D., MPH Scott Lillibridge, M.D. Royce Shearing Team Leader, Program Officer Water/Sanitation Consultant Health Consultant Logistics/Communications Consultant I. Executive Summary On June 5, 1997, fighting erupted in…

Preface Within a period of three months in 1994, an estimated five to eight hundred thousand people were killed as a result of civil war and genocide in Rwanda. Large numbers were physically and psychologically afflicted for life through maiming,…

INTRODUCTION COUNTRIES FACING EXCEPTIONAL FOOD EMERGENCIESHIGHLIGHTSCONTENTSPART I: OVERVIEWPART II : POSITION BY SUB-REGIONLOCUST AND GRASSHOPPER SITUATIONPART III : Crop Prospects and Food Supply Positionin Individual Countries(situation as of early July 1997)TERMINOLOGY The designations employed and the presentation of…

SPECIAL REPORT 1. OVERVIEW In the second semester of 1997, Rwanda will have to feed 1.6 million people more than during the same period a year ago - an increase of 25 percent. This is above all the…

1. OVERVIEW An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Sierra Leone from 27 November to 9 December 1996 to estimate the production of 1996 and the national food requirements for 1997, as well as to…

1. OVERVIEW An FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Liberia from 28 November to 14 December 1996 to estimate 1996 food production, to assess the food supply situation for 1996 and 1997 and to estimate…

OVERVIEW An FAO Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited Burundi in October 1996 to review the outcome of the second season harvest, forecast the third season production, update the 1996 food supply/demand balance and assess prospects…

The crisis in eastern Zaire confronts President Clinton with one of the gravest humanitarian emergencies in recent years. On the heels of his re-election, the President has a chance to galvanize the international community to save tens of thousands…

HIGHLIGHTS In western Africa, harvest prospects are generally favourable so far. In the Sahel, following irregular precipitation in July, increasing rains in mid and late August improved crop prospects in most countries. However, in the areas affected by earlier dry…