Reports

CAFOD is helping people in Niger set up communal food banks to help alleviate the food shortages brought on by the annual "hungry season" By Laura Storr When dusk falls on the dusty village of Dolbel, in north-west Niger, sounds…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NIAMEY, 11 October (IRIN) - Researchers say landlocked Niger on the southern fringe of the Sahara desert has bucked a regional trend of losing agricultural land to the…

MARADI, le 10 octobre (IRIN) - Les précipitations des derniers mois au Niger vont permettre de bonnes récoltes cette saison, réduisant ainsi le risque d'insécurité alimentaire au sein de la population de ce pays aride qui a longtemps été…

Dakar - Alors que les moissons battent leur plein dans le Sahel, le Programme Alimentaire Mondial des Nations Unies a averti aujourd'hui que même si les ménages réapprovisionnent actuellement leurs greniers, des millions d'enfants de la région sont toujours menacés…

Dakar - As harvests roll in across West Africa's Sahel, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today that although households are restocking their granaries, millions of children across the region remain threatened by malnutrition. The highest child mortality rates…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] MARADI, 6 October (IRIN) - Good rainfall in recent months has boosted harvests in arid Niger and reduced the risk of more hunger for a population that has…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 5 October (IRIN) - Almost 70,000 people from four countries have been displaced by floods from seasonal rains and need food, blankets, mosquito nets and other assistance,…

1) Significant events: From January-September 2006, WFP Niger distributed more then 38,500 mts of food to approximately 2 million beneficiaries. Targeted free food distributions are coming to a close for 320,760 beneficiaries. The first round of blanket supplementary feeding…

Situation générale en septembre 2006 Prévisions jusqu'à mi-novembre 2006 La situation relative au Criquet pèlerin est restée calme en septembre. Une reproduction à petite échelle a eu lieu en Mauritanie et au Niger, entraînant une légère augmentation des effectifs acridiens mais…

In the small village of Darogi Kayshay in Niger's Doutchi District, 12-year-old Zeinabou Adamou was searching through the rubble that had been her home, looking for her most treasured possession, a necklace purchased at a market across the border…