Rapports

Sous l’égide du Programme Majeur Politique de Sécurité Alimentaire du CILSS à travers son Unité de Prévention et de Gestion des crises alimentaires (PREGEC), les dispositifs nationaux et régionaux (CILSS, FEWS NET, FAO et PAM) de…

Ougadougou, 22 September (IRIN) - Train services between land-locked Burkina Faso and the Ivorian port of Abidjan resumed at the weekend after being interrupted for 12 months by the outbreak of civil war in Cote d'Ivoire. The border between the…

NIAMEY, 22 September (IRIN) - The main crop forecasting body for the Sahel has predicted that grain production will be up to 20 percent higher this year following good rains throughout the region. The Interstate Committee to Combat Drought in the…

The 10-month armed crisis in Côte d'Ivoire has displaced more than 500,000 people, mainly those from Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. The crisis in Liberia further de-stabilises the sub-region, aggravating the plight of people trapped between the…

ABIDJAN, 11 September (IRIN) - A year after a failed coup attempt in Cote d'Ivoire strained relations with neighbouring Burkina Faso, the two West African countries re-opened their common border in a low-key ceremony on Wednesday afternoon. "There was no…

25 August 03, Ougadougou, Burkina-Faso: The Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy of Burkina Faso has just presented its six-monthly report on 2002-2003 implementation of the 10-Year Plan for Basic Education. The report follows a joint field mission of…

OUAGADOUGOU, 28 July (IRIN) - The government of Burkina Faso has invited donors to support a three-year plan to help reintegrate up to half a million migrants who fled home from Cote d'Ivoire after the country erupted into civil…

Text: Kent Page, UNICEF Regional Communication Officer, Western & Central Africa Region 25 June 2003, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso - "There is no question that education is fundamental to the development process," said Birger Fredriksen, World Bank Representative, at the opening of…

UNICEF Chief Asks Leaders to Focus on Girls' Education as a "Matter of Extreme Urgency"OUAGADOUGOU/NEW YORK, 23 June 2003 - As a number of countries in Western and Central Africa struggle to achieve their development goals,…

UNICEF appeals for US$ 18.5 million to provide assistance to some 3 million people in the sub-region 1 million Ivorian children out of school since the beginning of the crisis Over 100,000 people entered Guinea since upheavals began…