Reports

NIAMEY/ZINDER, 12 mars 2010 (IRIN) - Une grave crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle se profile au Niger, d'après les organisations humanitaires. Au niveau national, plus de 20 000 enfants de moins de cinq ans sont traités pour malnutrition, et au moins…

TANOUT, 11 mars 2010 (IRIN) - Sur les quelque 42 familles que compte habituellement le village de Garin Dagabi, 20 chefs de ménages ainsi que 13 familles entières sont partis à la recherche de nourriture et d'eau. Au cours de…

NIAMEY/ZINDER, 11 March 2010 (IRIN) - A severe food and malnutrition crisis is looming in Niger, according to aid agencies. More than 20,000 under-five children are being treated for malnutrition nationwide and at least another 200,000 are at risk of severe…

TANOUT, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - "Empty" increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages, are emptying. Of the 42 families in the…

Action Against Hunger launches emergency programs to lessen impact of food shortages on affected families NEW YORK, NY-In response to massive food shortages and staggering acute malnutrition rates in Niger, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International launched an…

By Bob Coen GARIN GUIZO, Niger , 10 March 2010 - As dawn breaks in this rural village in southern Niger, the daily routine begins the same way it has for generations. Eleven-year-old Zhara lights the fire, warms a pot…

TANOUT, 4 mars 2010 (IRIN) - Il manque du monde sur la photo de famille à Garin Dagabi : sur les quelque 42 familles que compte habituellement ce petit village situé à une vingtaine de kilomètres au nord de…

The UK is today announcing emergency funding to help feed millions of people across Niger and Chad who face severe food shortages. International Development Minister Gareth Thomas has called on other donors to respond to the growing crisis immediately in order…

AGADEZ, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - The unusually large-scale migration of southern Nigerien farmers and pastoralists, heading north to look for work, has prompted concerns about food shortages in the northern Agadez region, according to local authorities. "This seasonal migration…

AGADEZ, 3 March 2010 (IRIN) - Mariama Adao, aged 40 and a mother of eight, makes the 400km journey from Matameye in the south of Niger to Agadez in the north almost every year to make ends meet between…