Rapports

Malaria is a serious global problem affecting nearly 60 percent of the world's population. Over 500 million people contract the disease each year, and about two million die. The disease exacts the heaviest toll in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially among…

Variabilité suivant les pays, mais relative stabilisation au Niger où les prix sont très élevés 1- PRIX DES CEREALES : pour le sac de 100 kg, en FCFA (prix à la consommation) 1-1- MALI AMASSA - AFRIQUE VERTE MALI Source :…

Red Cross and Red Crescent community-based volunteers involved in the fight against malaria play a critical role in the effort to increase usage of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets, says the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on…

SG/SM/11522 TAD/2034 Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks to the opening of the twelfth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) yesterday, 20 April, in Accra, Ghana: It is with great pleasure -- and at the same…

CRS Food Aid Experts Available for Interviews April 16, 2008, Baltimore, MD - As the cost of food around the world spirals upward, causing widespread hunger and triggering riots in cities in several nations, Catholic Relief Services is urging the…

Localized deficit production, high food and fuel prices increase food insecurity Despite above-average aggregate cereal production across much of West Africa during the 2007/08 agricultural season, localized production deficits and above-normal price increases in some areas are leading to early increases…

VIENNA, 15 April 2008 (UNODC) - A number of Ministers from West and Central Africa gathered in Vienna today, in conjunction with the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, to discuss the growing threat of drugs and…

Global food prices soar to record levels By Merle D. Kellerhals, Jr. Staff Writer Washington - Responding aggressively to a worsening global food crisis, President Bush has ordered an estimated $200 million in emergency U.S. food assistance for global relief…

JOHANNESBURG, 14 avril 2008 (IRIN) - Compter davantage sur la production locale pour réduire la facture des importations de denrées alimentaires et fournir aux paysans des intrants agricoles subventionnés pour accroître la production : voici quelques-unes des mesures annoncées par…

Forecast growth in 2008 cereal production could ease tight global supply Rome, 11 April 2008 - The cereal import bill of the world's poorest countries is forecast to rise by 56 percent in 2007/2008. This comes after a significant increase…