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08 Jun 2010 13:22:00 GMT Written by: Concern Worldwide Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. By Amanda McClelland, Emergency Nutrition and Food Security…

DAKAR, 7 June 2010 (IRIN) - A lack of transport, pastoralist lifestyles and pressure on women to prepare fields for harvest mean severely malnourished children are being taken out of therapeutic feeding programmes before their treatment is complete, say…

Kristalina Georgieva European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Commissioner Georgieva speaks at the World Food Programme Executive Board in Rome World Food Programme Executive Board Rome, 7 June 2010 Mr. President, Madame Executive Director, Distinguished Members of the…

KANO, 7 juin 2010 (IRIN) - Les réserves de mil et de sorgho des marchés du nord du Nigeria s'épuisent à cause des négociants qui les achètent pour les exporter au Niger voisin, o=F9 quelque 10 millions de personnes…

Plan and partners have completed the first round of food distribution to 73,000 severely vulnerable people affected by the food crisis in Niger. Working with the World Food Program, the Nigerien government and local non-governmental organizations, 1,048 tons of food has…

KANO, 3 June 2010 (IRIN) - Stocks of millet and sorghum in northern Nigeria's markets are dwindling as traders buy them up to export across the border to Niger, where some 10 million people face food insecurity. Grain merchants from…

by Tom Arnold, Chief Executive, Concern Worldwide US JUNE 3, 2010-I am writing as the sun sets over the Niger river in Niamey, capital of Niger, rated one of the world's poorest countries. Since 2001, I have visited more than…

MEMO/10/227 Brussels, Wednesday 2 June 2010 The European Commissioner for humanitarian aid, Kristalina Georgieva, is going to Niger on 3 and 4 June to assess the humanitarian situation in the country and the efforts being deployed to respond to the food…

Niamey, Niger, 2 juin 2010 - La commission Européenne (CE) vient d'octroyer 5 millions d'Euros pour lutter contre la crise nutritionnelle au Niger. Ce financement permettra à l'Unicef Niger et ses partenaires de répondre à l'insécurité alimentaire et aux…

Poverty and a lack of food in the worst affected rural villages has forced families with young children to travel up to 1,000 km to reach the capital, Niamey. Wednesday 2 June 2010 The poorest families are facing a food crisis…