Rapports

- With the rains lasting through the end of September, the majority of crops in most farming areas of Niger were able to reach maturity. Thus, harvests of millet, Niger's most popular cereal, started by the…

BAMAKO, 29 September 2008 (IRIN) Analysts say despite the government's efforts to secure the north through its clampdown of a militia accused of masterminding recent Tuareg killings, lasting peace is still elusive in the north because of restive ex-fighters, extreme…

Points saillants - =C0 la 39ème semaine épidémiologique 2008, le taux de complétude globale est de 83%. Aucun district sanitaire des régions d'Agadez et de Diffa n'a transmis de données de la semaine 39. Le taux de promptitude est également…

GOMGOM, 25 September 2008 (IRIN) - For 17 years, the Sweden-based non-profit Eden Foundation has been working with hundreds of farmers in one of Niger's most arid zones to disprove the reigning logic that the desert is a tough…

Nearly all maternal deaths occur in developing countries; over 80 per cent in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia GENEVA, 19 September 2008 - A new report on maternal mortality, released by UNICEF today, highlights the risks faced during pregnancy and childbirth…

NIAMEY, 15 septembre 2008 (IRIN) - La population nigérienne est jeune en grande majorité, 70 pour cent de ses 13 millions d'habitants étant âgés de moins de 25 ans, selon une étude sur les enfants vulnérables au Niger publiée…

Points saillants - =C0 la 37ème semaine épidémiologique 2008, le taux de complétude globale est de 100%. Toutes les régions ont transmis les données des maladies à déclaration obligatoire de la semaine 37. Le taux de promptitude est également de…

Purpose This update provides members of the regional Food Security and Nutrition Working Group and other decision-makers in West Africa with an overview of regional food security, including the implications of international and sub-regional market trends on food security and…

Visite au Niger de Mr Yohei SASAKAWA, Ambassadeur de bonne volonté de l'OMS pour l'élimination de la lèpre I. INTRODUCTION Dans le cadre de l'élimination de la lèpre dans le monde, M. Yohei SASAKAWA, président du Conseil de la Fondation Nipponne…

AGADEZ, 4 September 2008 (IRIN) Banditry, mine explosions, sporadic rebel attacks, and military crackdowns in northern Niger, have led thousands of students to pull out of school this year, according to the Agadez regional government. An on-going desert conflict has…