Informes

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS The food security situation has not improved much in the country. There are pockets of food insecurity across the country because of poor season 2005A harvests. However, the seasonal forecast of "rainfall normal to…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: This report updates fact sheet # 29, dated April 15, 2005. DARFUR EMERGENCY - NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Conflict-Affected Persons in…

Ce rapport ne reflète pas nécessairement la position officielle des Nations Unies. FAITS MAJEURS En Ituri, dans la Province Orientale, l'espace humanitaire se rétrécit à la suite de l'activisme des milices anti-DRC. Les actes de ''banditisme'' sur le personnel et…

Rome, 22 April 2005- Tunisiais sending 20 farming experts and technicians to Togoto work with local experts, as part of an agreement signed today between the two countries and FAO. The agreement is part of FAO's South-South Cooperation Programme, a global…

Locusts, poor rainfall wreaking havoc on crops GENEVA/NIAMEY, 22 April 2005 -- UNICEF today called for urgent funding to feed 800,000 children between under five years of age caught in the throes of a food crisis due to an ongoing plague…

ÉVENEMENTS MAJEURS /POINTS SAILLANTS Nommé en février, le diplomate suédois Pierre Schori est arrivé à Abidjan le lundi 11 avril pour occuper les fonctions de représentant spécial de l'ONU en Côte d'Ivoire. Schori prend la place du professeur Albert Tévoedjré…

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS Nominated in February, Swedish diplomat Pierre Schori arrived in Abidjan on Monday 11th April to take over as the UN's Special Representative in Côte d'Ivoire. Schori replaces Professor Albert Tevoedjre of Benin who served from January 2004…

NIAMEY - The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that approximately 350,000 children under five years-old in the West African state of Niger could be suffering from malnutrition according to the results of a survey published today in…

Weekly Introduction:Update of Seasonal Outlooks at One-Month Lead: May-July 2005 Forecasts Gulf of Guinea Region The outlook for May-Jul 2005 Gulf of Guinea rainfall at one month lead shows a slight tilt in the odds favoring above average…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 20 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - There is unlikely to be a large-scale locust invasion of the Sahel this year following exceptionally cold weather in North Africa, where…