Rapports

Communiqué de presse n° 12/496 Le 19 décembre 2012 Le Conseil d'administration du Fonds monétaire international (FMI) a achevé aujourd'hui la cinquième revue d’un accord triennal au titre de la facilité élargie de crédit (FEC) avec le Burkina…

Press Release No. 12/496 December 19, 2012 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the fifth review under a three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Burkina Faso.The completion of the review…

Summary The 2012 Sahel food and nutrition crisis severely affected Burkina Faso. According to a WFP/Government assessment, the crisis affected more than 2.8 million people, mainly due to poor harvests caused by sparse and erratic rainfall. On 1…

Key messages Child suffering in Burkina Faso, where more than half of the population lives in extreme poverty, is at the level of emergency. The country has the third highest child mortality rate in the world. Life-saving…

This Revised Emergency Appeal now seeks CHF 2,093,612 in cash, kind, or services to support the Burkina Faso Red Cross Society (BRCS) in delivering assistance to 105,000 beneficiaries (17,500 households) for a total duration of 12…

CONTEXT Following a decrease in the numbers of refugees registered in Burkina Faso, this addendum to UNHCR’s revised Emergency Response Appeal for the Mali situation launched in May 2012 presents an adjusted version of the Office’s supplementary…

The food crisis in Burkina Faso makes it hard to feed children well. Amateur winner Lucy-Anne Mizen reports on how health centres are helping prevent malnutrition Read the full report on the Guardian.

Highlights  The total estimated annual caseload of children under 5 with severe acute malnutrition is 100,000 children in 2012. A cumulative total 71,614 children have been treated between January and September 2012.  The annual…

Editorial The Sahel has been affected by recurring crises and each time the response has encountered the same difficulties. What have we learned from the past? How should the new characteristics of the Sahel be analysed and…

Appeal Target: US$1,176,176 Balance Requested: US$346,252 Geneva, 08 October 2012 Dear Colleagues, This appeal has been revised to extend the implementation period for Christian Aid to 31st December 2012 and correct the errors on the Christian Aid budget. More than 19…