Informes

Weekly Introduction: Update of El Niño Warm-episode conditions are expected to continue into early 2005. Positive sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies greater than +0.5=B0C persisted in the central and western equatorial Pacific during August 2004. The increase and eastward expansion of the area…

General situation as of 15 September 2004 Medium-term forecast to Spring 2005 Widespread breeding continued during the first half of September throughout the Sahelian Zone in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Niger and, to a lesser extent, Burkina Faso. Hopper bands are rapidly…

Since last summer, an upsurge in locust breeding has occurred in the Sahelian region of Western Africa. Extremely heavy and continuous rainfall has created ideal ecological conditions for breeding, prompting officials to call this upsurge the worst locust plague to…

FEWS NET Alert Status Emergency Highest Priority - Urgent Action Required In addition to the difficulties faced by Sudanese Chad:refugees in Chad, the local Chadian population has become food insecure after sharing their food and resources with refugees. In some areas, malnutrition…

Weekly Introduction:Update Of ITCZ During the period from August 21-31 2004, the African portion of the ITCZ moved dramatically to the south in the eastern half of the continent. During the past dekad, the eastern region of…

Le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères Karel De Gucht a décidé de libérer 532.500 USD pour la lutte contre l'invasion des criquets pèlerins qui ravagent pour l'instant l'agriculture et l'élevage dans la région du Sahel. Cette invasion qui affecte pour l'instant neuf…

"I have never seen in my life such locusts! And I am 60 years-old now. This reminds me of the year 1973 during the big drought. That year, the rainy season started late. At the end of July the…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1 Update on Congolese refugees Large numbers of Congolese refugees are reported to have returned to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent weeks. UNHCR still cannot access the border to monitor any returns, and is…

4 -- 10 September 2004 A. General Situation Highlights NCDDR disagrees with UNMIL on ending DDRR 30 October The National Commission on Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Rehabilitation, set up by the Transitional Government is in disagreement with the United Nations Mission in Liberia about…

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS/ HIGHLIGHTS The Accra III meeting, with the participation of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, was held on the 29th of July and resulted in a fresh pledge from all sides in the conflict to implement the political reforms…