Niger
[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] DAKAR, 14 Jul 2005 (IRIN) - Free food must be handed out immediately to children, pregnant women and the elderly in Niger or the serious food crisis in…
Niger
DAKAR, le 14 juillet (IRIN) - Il faut procéder d'urgence à une distribution gratuite de vivres pour nourrir les enfants, les femmes enceintes et les personnes âgées du Niger, et empêcher que la crise alimentaire grave qui sévit actuellement…
Niger
Implications of the food crisis A critical food shortage in northern Niger has left many children vulnerable to malnourishment and disease. Plan has already responded to immediate needs in many affected communities. The challenge ahead is to lay the foundations…
Niger
GENEVA, July 13 (Reuters) - Niger's government must give out free food to stave off famine facing the desert country and the international response so far has been "totally insufficient", a United Nations' envoy said on Wednesday. U.N. special rapporteur…
Niger
With 3.6 million people in Niger facing malnutrition and the international response being "totally insufficient," the United Nations expert on the right to food today said that under international human rights treaties States Parties were obliged to provide urgent…
Niger
By Marlene Barger and Jihun Sohn MARADI, Niger, 13 July 2005 - Children and women in Niger are bearing the brunt of this year's food security crisis, brought on by a combination of drought and locust infestation during the 2004…
Niger
The Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Jean Ziegler, today concluded his urgent mission to Niger which started on 8 July. He was accompanied on the mission by several assistants and a United Nations television team. Mr. Ziegler…
Niger
DAKAR, le 12 juillet (IRIN) - Le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM), une agence de l'ONU, a déclaré mardi qu'il prévoyait de tripler le nombre des bénéficiaires de l'aide alimentaire gratuite et a demandé une aide urgente de 12 millions…
Niger
Dakar - The United Nations World Food Programme today announced plans to almost triple the number of people being fed through its Niger emergency operation to over a million, as the annual 'hunger season' takes a firm and distressing…
Niger
One in four Niger children die before the age of five NIAMEY/GENEVA - 12 July 2005 - Acute malnutrition rates have risen to 13.4 per cent in southern Niger Maradi and Zinder Regions, with 2.5 per cent of this group…
