Reports

2-15 septembre 2005 EVENEMENTS MARQUANTS Le Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement (PNUD) a publié le 7 septembre dernier son rapport annuel sur le développement qui, cette année, souligne le besoin d'accroitre les aides et le échanges commerciaux afin de…

By Kent Page AGADEZ, Niger, 14 September 2005 - Niger is struggling to cope with a nutrition crisis. But in the village of Alikinkin, community gardens are an oasis of beauty and a source of food, helping children avoid the…

Cáritas. Madrid, 14 de septiembre de 2005.- A la espera de las próximas cosechas, que se podrán comenzar a recoger a partir del próximo mes de octubre, la red de Cáritas presente en la región africana del Sahel mantiene…

LAGOS, Sept 13, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nigerian northwest state Kebbi on Tuesday donated medicine worth 17 million naira (about 128,788 US dollars) to neighboring Niger, where about 2.5 million people are facing famine. The donation was to "assist…

Food aid is getting to people who most need it in West Africa where a massive relief operation has been underway since July. Stark TV images of malnourished children in Niger stirred a massive response to the food crisis, with…

A nutritional survey in the Zinder region reveals a worsening situation, with little to indicate that the alarming conditions will improve in the near future. MSF again calls for a rapid mobilization of aid agencies to increase targeted food…

Millions of southern Africans face acute hunger Severe food shortages are affecting around 10 million people in southern Africa now, threatening a crisis that could dwarf recent events in the west African nation of Niger, according to leading humanitarian agency CARE…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NIAMEY, 12 September (IRIN) - Ide can have sex with Mariam, a novice on the Niamey night scene, several times for only two or three dollars. "The most…

Highlights - Since the beginning of EMOP 10398, WFP has dispatched more than 26,000 MTs of food, including more than 22,500 MT for the first round of general distributions. - WFP's Niger emergency operation is now 58% funded, having received 33.5…

I. Highlights 140 new cases of cholera - including 14 deaths - have been reported in Tahoua region during the first week of September, bringing the aggregate number of cholera cases from 13 July to 10 September…