Rapports

By Sarah Oughton in Burkina Faso Ouilimatou Diko, 21 months old, knows little about the bad rainy season, drought and insect infestations which led to poor harvests in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso where he lives,…

The Sahel Region of Burkina Faso is going through two major crises since the beginning of the year 2012. The first one is the food crisis that had been predicted since the end of the past…

So far, more than 20,000 refugees have fled Mali into Burkina Faso, and some observers say Mali's crisis is further destabilizing its neighbor. With considerable political, social and economic problems of its own, the added stress…

Ouagadougou/Abidjan (ICRC) – Several thousand Malian refugees in Burkina Faso, mainly in Soum and Oudalan provinces, are contending with a difficult humanitarian situation. The Burkinabé Red Cross, with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross…

Ouagadougou / Abidjan (CICR) - Au Burkina Faso, principalement dans les provinces du Soum et de l'Oudalan, plusieurs milliers de réfugiés maliens font face à une situation humanitaire difficile. La Croix-Rouge burkinabè, avec le soutien du Comité…

HIGHLIGHTS A new food and nutrition crisis is affecting millions of people across the Sahel Region of Western Africa this year, due to a combination of drought, high grain prices, environmental degradation coupled with chronic poverty and…

Highlights Planned scale up from 45% to 100% of the 100,000 Severe Acute Malnutrition cases in 2012 UNICEF’s approach is to accelerate the implementation of the national nutrition plan scale-up (2011-2015), leverage the network of 17,000 community health…

Net grain surplus; food insecurity risk in the north Key messages According to final performance data for the 2011/2012 growing season in Burkina Faso, there is a gross national grain self-sufficiency gap. The national grain balance sheet shows…

Excédent net céréalier, risque d’insécurité alimentaire au nord Messages clés Les résultats définitifs de la campagne agricole 2011/2012 au Burkina Faso démontrent un déficit net d’autosuffisance céréalière dans le pays. L’excédent net du bilan céréalier national est moins…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS On March 22, a group of Malian soldiers calling itself the National Committee for the Return of Democracy and the Restoration of the State announced on national television that the group had seized power from…