Côte d'Ivoire + 1 more
I Key events On Tuesday 26th April, President Laurent Gbagbo announced in a nationally televised speech that all political leaders, signatories of the Linas-Marcoussis Peace Accord, are eligible to run for presidential elections slated for October 2005, specifically mentioning the name…
Chad + 1 more
BACKGROUND On January 9, 2005, the Government of Sudan (GOS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) signed the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) officially ending Africa’s longest running civil war. Over the course of the 21-year conflict,…
Burkina Faso + 14 more
Weekly Introduction:Situation in Ethiopia Given reports of continuing food stress, the outcome of the current rainy season is especially important this year. The early dry spell this year may postpone harvests and extend the current hunger season.…
Liberia
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT WFP Liberia sponsored the Grand Gedeh County Food Security and Nutrition Survey in March 2005. WFP wishes to acknowledge the assistance provided by Government counterparts, NGOs and UN sister agencies. In particular, WFP is grateful to LRRRC and ICRC…
Mauritania
SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS Le programme d'insertion et de secours rapide (IPSR) du PAM devrait toucher environ 400,000 personnes. Son volet « Vivres Contre Travail » (VCT) a déjà démarré (Brakna, Gorgol, Assaba, Hodh El Gharbi) sauf au…
Liberia
A. General Situation Highlights 1. Voter registration starts in Liberia on 25 April until 21 May 2005 2. To date the number of IDPs who have received return assistance from the Humanitarian Community is about 110,000 civilians. 3. World Food Programme (WFP) reveals the…
Senegal
RÉSUMÉ ET IMPLICATIONS Les effets combinés du péril acridien et de la pluviométrie sur la production agricole annoncent un début de la période de soudure plus tôt que par le passé dans les zones touchées par ce…
Rwanda
Evariste Mutibagirana didn't know that coffee prices had plummeted to a 30-year low, nor did he know that Vietnam and Brazil had flooded the market with cheap robusta beans. He just knew that his coffee, grown on a few…
Chad + 1 more
RESUME ET IMPLICATIONS Le mois d'avril est caractérisé par une poursuite de distribution des vivres quasi normale dans tous les camps des réfugiés soudanais. Le pipe line se poursuit normalement selon le Programme Alimentaire Mondial (PAM). La…
Mali
SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS Les perspectives alimentaires restent caractérisées dans le pays par des poches de déficit qui connaîtront des difficultés alimentaires courant 2005 et qui par endroits nécessiteront des mesures d'approvisionnement des marchés aussi bien en céréales…
