Reports

By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Niger has sent health experts, vets and soldiers to help protect its 1,500 km (900 mile) border with Nigeria as fears rise that a bird flu outbreak in its southern neighbour could…

Fatima lives with her husband and their six children in Sanam, a remote village in Niger that's accessed only by barely passable dirt road. Her husband is a primary school teacher who also tends the family's millet fields with the…

By Estelle Shirbon ABUJA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria stepped up its response to an outbreak of deadly H5N1 bird flu on Monday as experts and protective equipment arrived from abroad, but the virus that is decimating poultry and endangering…

NIAMEY, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Niger, where nearly one in three people went hungry last year after drought and locusts hit rural areas, launched a programme on Saturday to help 15,200 acutely malnourished children in the capital Niamey. The programme,…

Le Niger fait face à une nouvelle crise alimentaire sérieuse : un million de personnes manque actuellement de nourriture et ce chiffre est amené à doubler si l'on ne fait rien. On s'attend à ce que deux millions de…

AVANT PROPOS Le Système d'Alerte Précoce (SAP) est né d'un besoin pressant du Niger de disposer d'un outil d'aide à la décision en matière d'informations sur la sécurité alimentaire. Il a été créé par décret n° 89/003/PM du 23 septembre…

Highlights - WFP, UN/NGO partners and the Government are finalizing the joint plan of action for 2006. - 350,000 beneficiaries are currently being reached through nutrition and food for work activities. - Immediate contributions are needed to avoid pipeline breaks beginning in…

SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS Quatre mois après la fin de la crise alimentaire au Niger, les conditions d'alimentation des ménages sont dominées par une situation alimentaire mitigée. Une mission conjointe SAP/PAM/FAO/FEWS NET dans les 7 régions du pays a…

By Nico Colombant Abidjan, 07 February 2006. Southern and eastern Africa are getting lots of attention for difficult drought conditions, but parts of impoverished West Africa also face lean months ahead due to poor rains and chronic poverty. A fisherman…

Niger is facing another serious food crisis with latest indications showing that one million people are running out of food now and that this number is likely to double. Two million people, or one-fifth of the total population, are…