Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ZERMO, 9 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Hunger and disease is part of the daily life for the 1,500 people in Zermo, a small village in eastern Niger, even…

Un análisis de Intermón Oxfam desvela que Níger, el segundo país más pobre del mundo, recibe 8 veces menos ayudo que Iraq. Níger - el país más afectado por la hambruna que sufre el Sahel y el segundo más pobre…

Devant la situation humanitaire dégradée que connaissent les populations du Niger, la France, en s'appuyant sur le dispositif militaire pré-positionné en Afrique, apporte un soutien aux populations qui souffrent de la famine. En cohérence avec les efforts de la communauté…

Cáritas Española, como continuación al primer informe de situación en esta zona, en permanente contacto sobre el terreno con la Cáritas local y las Cáritas presentes en la zona, sigue trabajando para paliar lo que el director de Cáritas…

"It's helping to keep my children alive", says Hadiza. "Without it, I don't know what we would do." Dressed in a rainbow of colorful cloth, babies wrapped around their backs, 300 women of Gorin Goulbi village, Niger, chat quietly…

Appeal Target: US$ 1,208,883 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 571,814 Geneva, August 9, 2005 Dear Colleagues, In extensive parts of Niger, both the agricultural production of 2004 and grasslands reserved for cattle have been severely affected by drought and…

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Michael Ranneberger & USAID Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs Ed Fox Humanitarian Efforts In Response to the Food Crisis in Niger U.S. Department of State Washington, DC August 5, 2005 MR. CASEY:…

News Release WHO/33 Geneva - A locust infestation in 2004 coupled with drought the same year and in 2005 has caused a severe food crisis in Niger. Based on a joint assessment conducted in March of this year, the Government,…

International aid may at last be flowing in to alleviate Niger's food crisis, spurred on by horrific images of starving children, but it arrived too late for one 12-month-old baby boy. He died from severe malnutrition literally before the…

Years of neglect by rich countries have contributed directly to the current food crisis in Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Burkina Faso, said international agency Oxfam today. Oxfam's analysis shows that the four West African countries - some of the poorest…