Rapports

Highlights The total estimated annual caseload of children under 5 with severe acute malnutrition is 100,000 children in 2012. A cumulative total 67,838 children have been treated between January and August 2012. UNICEF’s nutrition team succeeded in…

by Kate Cunningham We had wished for rains. They represented the only hope of watering the dry land, of feeding this year’s crops and alleviating the crippling food crisis caused by last year’s drought. As the rains began…

OUAHIGOUYA, 19 septembre 2012 (IRIN) - Des fermes entourées d'eau aux grands réservoirs de surface utilisés pour l'irrigation : les fermiers du nord du Burkina Faso, dont les champs asséchés se sont transformés en terres cultivables…

OUAHIGOUYA, 18 September 2012 (IRIN) - From rocks hemming in water on farms to large surface reservoirs for irrigation, farmers in northern Burkina Faso, where recent good rains have turned dry fields into lush croplands, are…

Jeddah, 13.09.2012 – At its 285th meeting that started last Sunday at IDB headquarters in Jeddah, the Board of Executive Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) chaired by HE Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali, President, IDB…

OUAHIGOUYA, Burkina Faso, 10 September 2012 - A thin dusting of bright green shoots covers the sandy plains around Ouahigouya, in northwest Burkina Faso. Recent rains have broken a three-year drought, and vegetation in this arid…

Highlights Burkina Faso has received 107,929 Malian refugees (with 106, 852 already registered). There are presently seven official sites (Mentao, Damba, Fereiro, Goudebo, Gandafabou, BoboDioulasso, Ouagadougou) recognized as refugee camps by the Government of Burkina Faso, as…

OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 31 2012 (IPS) - For far too many households in Burkina Faso, going to the toilet means heading for the bush. The Burkinabè government has launched a new campaign to change this, calling on…

The African Development Bank Group has financed a new hospital in Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso, designed to bring better healthcare facilities to the region. The official inauguration of the hospital was held recently in Tenkodogo, attended by…

OUAGADOUGOU, 16 août 2012 (IRIN) - Les agences d'aide humanitaire sont dans l'incapacité de faire face à l'ampleur des besoins des réfugiés installés dans les camps du Mali en raison d'un manque de fonds : le…