Rapports

Christian Jepsen (10.10.2012) NRC has engaged in close dialogue with Malian refugees in Burkina Faso to develop a durable shelter, suited to the harsh climate of the Sahel. The shelter design is based on traditional nomad designs…

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 Brahima Ouédraogo OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 5 2012 (IPS) - Despite an abundance of rain, promising good harvests for the current growing season, small-scale farmers and non-governmental organisations are calling for support to smallholders to be maintained with…

MENTAO, 4 octobre 2012 (IRIN) - Le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) estime qu’environ 107 000 Maliens, principalement des Arabes et des Touaregs, ont franchi la frontière avec le Burkina Faso ;…

MENTAO, 3 October 2012 (IRIN) - The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates some 107,000 Malians, most of them Arabs and Tuaregs, fled across the border to Burkina Faso, many leaving as early as February when the…

By Terry Ally Ougadougou, Burkina Faso (October 1, 2012) – When the Taureg fled the fighting in north Mali into neighbouring Burkina Faso they brought part of their culture with them – the practice of child marriage. When…

Improved Food Situation, Good Harvest Prospects Key Messages Crop development is above average for this time period throughout the country, due to regular rainfall since the third dekad of July and no major crop disease or pest problems.…

Summary: 27 September 2012, New York - Speech by Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, on the "EU at the forefront of the fight against hunger" at a High-level event to launch Cooperation Frameworks for Burkina…

Monsieur Paul Batchelor, membre du Conseil d’administration de l’ONG WaterAid, a été reçu en audience le 18 septembre 2012 par le Premier Ministre Luc Adolphe Tiao. Présent au Burkina dans le cadre d’une tournée d’évaluation des…

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…