Rapports

As the hunger season progresses, extreme food insecurity is now evident in some areas (see Figure 1). High cereal prices, combined with the deterioration of animal conditions, have led to an alarming food security situation. The…

This is Niger's worst food crisis since 1984 and children are now dying every day in south Niger.Much of the country lies in the Sahara desert and has suffered severe drought over the past years. More recently locust have…

Save the Children's emergency response to the food shortage crisis in Niger has found shockingly high levels of malnutrition amongst children. Save the Children is in the process of providing nutritional assistance to an estimated 15,000 children under five years old…

GENEVA/DAR ES SALAAM - Two leading United Nations agencies, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), today warned that continued food ration cuts are forcing Burundian and Congolese refugees in western Tanzania to…

Concern announced details of a $1.8 million emergency program to help avert a looming famine in Niger, where 3.6 million people are at risk. Concern's first charter of relief goods arrived in Niger Tuesday morning. The cargo, valued at $300,000,…

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last situation report was dated February 17, 2005. BACKGROUND Since 1993, armed conflict in Burundi has claimed 300,000 lives and displaced…

It is estimated that 3.5 million people will face food shortages this year in the Sahel region of West Africa. The semi-arid region was devastated last year by the worst locust invasion in 15 years, resulting in vast destruction of…

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2005 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will donate approximately 11,000 metric tons of rice to the Government of the Republic of Cameroon. The Government of Cameroon will sell the rice in Cameroon…

IOM continues to provide registration and transportation assistance to vulnerable Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are currently living in camps in Montserrado and Bong Counties and who wish to return to their places of origin. To date, IOM has registered…

Au Mali et au Niger, Action contre la Faim va distribuer plus de 4000 tonnes de nourriture afin de pallier les effets de la sécheresse. Les populations affectées se déplacent en masse afin de chercher de l'eau et des…