Rapports

Large-scale distributions of life-saving food aid continue in Niger, as WFP and its partners endeavour to reach a total of 2.65 million people battling hunger under a first-round general emergency distribution. As of 17 August, WFP had dispatched 1,600 metric tons…

Hanadou Abouba is a farmer in Tillaberi, Niger. He is worried. He knows that even if he gets a good yield from his small crop this year, the food will have run out before next year's harvest. He and…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) NUMBERS AT A GLANCE SOURCE Affected population – Niger 2,700,000 Government of Niger, August 19, 2005 Affected population – Mali 1,000,000 WFP (1), August 5, 2005 Affected population – Mauritania 600,000 WFP, August 5, 2005 Affected…

by Michael Arunga - WV Kenya Communications and Advocacy Manager World Vision has airlifted 65 tons of UNIMIX flour to Niger, to help combat the current food crisis that is causing widespread hunger across the country. The packages of high-energy UNIMIX…

Secretary-General Kofi Annan heads to Niger tomorrow continuing the United Nations drive to keep the international spotlight on one of the world's poorest countries, where an early end to last season's rains, locusts and chronic long-term poverty have caused severe…

MSF appeals to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The WFP only expects to distribute food rations to 110,000 people, or barely 10% of the area's 1.2 million people. The UN was slow to react to the current epidemic of…

I. Points marquants Entre le 13 juillet et 21 août 2005, 99 cas de choléra dont 10 décès (taux de létalité de 10,1%), ont été notifiés dans le district de Bouza dans la région de Tahoua. Aucun…

Baltimore, August 22, 2005 - Last year's poor rains and swarms of locusts plunged Niger - one of the world's poorest nations - into crisis, putting nearly 3.5 million people at risk of starvation, a third of them children.…

I. Highlights During the period 13 July - 21 August 2005, 99 cases of cholera including 10 deaths (case fatality rate 10.1%) have been reported in the District of Bouza, Tahoua Region. No deaths have been reported…

More than 2.4 million people in Niger are facing severe food shortages after locusts and drought destroyed last year's crops. In recognition of the need to strengthen the international humanitarian response in Niger, the United Nations has decided to deploy a…