Niger
Recent press reports from Niger have highlighted the ongoing crisis in the country. In Tahoua, where Concern works, there are still high levels of malnutrition despite a good rainy season and recent harvest. Concern's emergency nutrition programme started in July and…
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Highlights 1. WFP has announced that the commitment of the international community will be required to prevent another year of suffering and hardship in Niger. 2. Working groups for the Niger After Action Review began on Monday; conclusions will be presented…
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I. Highlights - At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Niger, the World Health Organization Office for Africa Regional Director, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, visited Niger from 24 to 26 November 2005. The purpose…
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by Cathy Lengyel, in Tanout It is a scene from time immemorial. As the sun rises over endless Sahel scrubland, camels begin undulating over the horizon. A trickle becomes a steady stream -- of lean, blue-robed Touareg people, sabres at…
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I. Points marquants - Sur invitation du gouvernement Nigérien, le Directeur Régional de l'OMS pour l'Afrique, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo a effectué une visite officielle de travail de trois jours, du 24 au 26 novembre 2005, dans…
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has successfully completed a cash distribution programme in one of Niger's poorest communities. "We gave cash to women in 5,700 households so they could buy essentials such as food, household…
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SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS Cinq semaines après la fin des récoltes, les conditions alimentaires des ménages se sont nettement améliorées au vu de la tendance favorable des indicateurs essentiels de sécurité alimentaire. La nouvelle situation alimentaire est en…
Niger
SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS Five weeks after the end of the harvest period, there is a visible improvement in household food security, and basic food security indicators are following positive trends. This new food situation is largely due…
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NIAMEY, le 25 novembre (IRIN) - Malgré l'excédent céréalier enregistré cette année au Niger, près de deux millions de personnes sont toujours en situation d'insécurité alimentaire, en raison notamment de la pénurie céréalière de l'année dernière, ont indiqué les autorités…
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The Niger food crisis of 2005 was triggered by a lethal combination of poor rainfall in and a locust infestation, but the underlying cause was poverty. "So many people in Niger are so desperately poor that a small shock creates…
