Rapports

THE PRESENT CONTEXT Niger suffers from endemic poverty. In spite of some progress in the health and education sectors, progress towards the UN Millennium Development Goals is slow and difficult. The country is facing again a difficult lean season. The situation…

This report covers the period from 9/28/2006 to 10/27/2006 Résumé de la situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle La situation alimentaire et nutritionnelle en ce début des récoltes est globalement calme après une période de soudure moins dure. Elle se…

Summary of the food and nutritional situation As the harvest season gets underway, food security and nutritional conditions are generally calm following a relatively easy lean period. Grain availability is good, thanks to large market supplies, the…

NIAMEY, le 27 octobre (IRIN) - Les autorités nigériennes ont commencé à expulser vers le Tchad quelque 4 000 Arabes Mahamides, mais cette décision pourrait déclencher une vague de violence interethnique dans le pays, selon les chefs de la…

By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Niger's cabinet on Friday suspended a decision to deport thousands of Mahamid Arabs back to Chad after neighbouring countries intervened to request a halt, the communications minister said. The West African government had…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NIAMEY, 26 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - Authorities in Niger have started expelling 4,000 Arab settlers into neighbouring Chad, but community leaders have warned the government's decision could kick-start inter-ethnic…

Country: Niger Number: PRRO 10509.0 Title: Strengthening the Means of Subsistence of Vulnerable Populations and Targeted Assistance for Malnourished Children No. Beneficiaries: 2.9 million Total cost (US$): 37.5 million (2) Period: 1 April 2006- 30 September 2007 Food Basket (1) Commodity (MT) Cereals 19,461 Corn-soya blend (CSB) 22,935 Pulses 357 Vegetable oil 2,651 Sugar 1,720 TOTAL 47,124 Highlights - A blanket supplementary feeding activity…

By Malaika Wright and Pauline Wilson, Emergency Capacity Building Project In October 2005, something unusual happened in Niger. Staff in the country offices of CARE, Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and World Vision got together to conduct a…

1) Significant events: - The second of three rounds of the blanket supplementary feeding ration are ongoing. - Distributions of the discharge ration are ongoing. - A nutritional survey, in partnership with the Government, UNICEF and Helen Keller International…

"This is what we eat: millet," says Abdu Ambaji as he holds aloft a dried shaft thick with grains of the staple crop of Niger. "But now, we have run out of what we grew and must buy it." Ambaji…