Rapports

As the food crisis in Niger threatens to spread to neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritania, millions of people are facing extreme food shortages. In the wake of crop failure and locust attacks, reports of hungry families eating leaves from…

Over four million people are facing starvation across the Sahel region of West Africa. The worst affected countries are Niger, Mali and Mauritania. In Niger around one quarter of the population is affected with 3.5 million people, including almost…

The current world-wide dialogue on the food crisis in Niger has been marked by frequent mis-information and mis-interpretation of the facts on the ground. This may impede delivering the appropriate emergency assistance, and treating the root causes of the…

2005-065 Washington, D.C. - The United States government will provide nearly $7 million dollars in additional emergency food aid to help feed thousands of people in Niger, a senior U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) official announced here Tuesday. This latest announcement…

A combination of conflict, drought and the worst locust invasion in years has left many people in West Africa struggling with a severe "hungry season", and WFP desperately short of the funds it needs to feed them. The critical conditions…

Caritas Australia is now accepting donations for the people of Niger in Western Africa who are suffering from severe food shortages. More than three million people in Niger are experiencing starvation as a result of failed crops caused by a…

I. Humanitarian HighlightsTargeted free distribution to most vulnerable While initially reluctant to adopt a strategy that may weaken development efforts, the Government of Niger has reviewed its approach to the current crisis. The national body in charge…

I have been very concerned by the terrible food crisis in Niger, and have this week spoken to Jan Egeland, the UN's Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, and Jim Morris of the World Food Programme. The UK will now provide a…

In a huge ceremony in Bujumbura, Ambassador Mohamed El-Khashab presented a donation of foodstuff in the presence of the Minister of Rehabilitation of Refugees François Negendhaio. The donation includes 50 tons of foodstuff to be presented to the victims of…

Intermón Oxfam ha abierto una línea telefónica para recibir donativos dirigidos a Níger, Malí, Mauritania y Burkina Faso: 902.330.331. Oxfam Internacional ha incrementado de manera significativa en los =FAltimos días sus actividades de ayuda humanitaria en los países afectados por la…