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Millions in West Africa now living through permanent food crises, aid agency says New report finds family’s ability to withstand shocks lies at heart of persistent food crises Governments and donors must act now to save more than…

Northern Nigeria is coping with a violent underground group, Boko Haram, that has been able to carry out attacks mainly in northern states, but also in Abuja by bombing the United Nations Nigerian headquarters. The targeting of…

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND THE SAHEL – A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP The European Commission is committed to helping prevent hunger crises in the Sahel which is hit by increasingly frequent droughts. As well as providing €318 million specifically…

RÉSUMÉ À la suite de l’alerte lancée par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) et le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) en octobre-novembre 2011 face à la crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle au Sahel, la FAO,…

BRUSSELS, 18 June 2012 – UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Yoka Brandt today joined the European Union in talks in Brussels to address the Sahel nutrition crisis endangering millions of children and their families. She also welcomed…

La Commission européenne a décidé de débloquer 40 millions d’euros de plus en faveur de l’aide humanitaire au Sahel, portant ainsi à 337 millions d’euros le montant mobilisé pour faire face à la crise alimentaire. Ce…

The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian funding to the Sahel by €40 million, bringing its response to the food crisis to €337 million. This extra funding comes just weeks before the food crisis is set…

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have approved projects in Niger and Mozambique that aim to strengthen their populations’ resilience to climate change by improving hydrometeorological methods and communication in Niger and climate-proofing agricultural supply chains in…

This year, 18 million people will be affected by the unfolding hunger crisis in Sahel, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Burkina Faso is one of the Sahelian countries heavily affected by…

(Ouagadougou/New York/Genève, 22 mai 2012): Les Nations Unies et leurs partenaires soutiennent les efforts du gouvernement du Burkina Faso pour répondre à la crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle qui affecte 2.8 million de personnes – soit un…