Reports

Anticipating the appeal of the United Nations for help to fight the famine in Niger, the SDC's Humanitarian Aid Department has allocated nearly CHF one million since May to provide emergency food aid to the West African country. In…

Appeal Target: US$ 445,698 Balance Requested from ACT Alliance: US$ 222,849 Geneva, 21 July 2005 Dear Colleagues, In extensive parts of Niger both the agricultural production of 2004 and the grasslands reserved for cattle have been severely affected by drought and swarms of…

I am very concerned about the deepening nutritional crisis in Niger, and I spoke yesterday to Jan Egeland, the UN's Emergency Relief Co-ordinator about what needs to be done. DFID was one of the first donors to respond to the…

An emergency appeal is being launched by the British Red Cross to help save the lives of millions of people facing severe hunger in West Africa. More than five million lives are threatened by conditions in the drought-prone Sahel…

Action Against Hunger (ACF) Launches Food Distributions as Famine Threatens Drought-Stricken Mali and Niger The international aid organization Action Against Hunger is stepping up its response to stave off a famine that the UN warns could affect 2.5 million people…

In response to the food crisis in the West African State of Niger, GOAL are dispatching an experienced team to the region within days. The assessment group will leave for Niger as soon as visas have been secured. It is possible…

As the hunger season progresses, extreme food insecurity is now evident in some areas (see Figure 1). High cereal prices, combined with the deterioration of animal conditions, have led to an alarming food security situation. The…

New York (dpa) - More than 2.5 million people in the northwest African nation of Niger are threatened by famine, but the international community has refused to act on U.N. calls for help, the United Nations humanitarian affairs coordinator…

This is Niger's worst food crisis since 1984 and children are now dying every day in south Niger.Much of the country lies in the Sahara desert and has suffered severe drought over the past years. More recently locust have…

Save the Children's emergency response to the food shortage crisis in Niger has found shockingly high levels of malnutrition amongst children. Save the Children is in the process of providing nutritional assistance to an estimated 15,000 children under five years old…