Assessments

On January 15 voter registration started again with a series of recommendations from the National Electoral Commission (CNE). Opposition parties should be allowed to participate with 1018 monitors each and, in order to enhance their mobility, have their credentials…

POLITICAL The unexpected stance taken by the majority of legal opposition parties against the ruling party's decision to militarily intervene in Somalia was believed to have weakened the position of the ruling party. It has also led to speculations that…

In early February, the Chinese President Hu Jintao, accompanied by a business delegation led by the chairman of China's Eximbank, paid his first visit to Mozambique. As in many other African countries, the Chinese government paved its way into…

Mission Highlights - Aggregate cereal and pulse production in Ethiopia from the 2006/07 meher season is forecast at 20.1 million tonnes, about 10 percent above the previous year's post-harvest revised estimates and 53 percent above the average of the…

1. Introduction Turkana district lies west of lake Turkana and borders Ethiopia to the northeast, Sudan to the northwest, Uganda to the west, Baringo and West Pokot to the south, Samburu to the southeast and Marsabit to the east. It…

Joint Crop Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) 2006/2007 Highlights Joint Crop Food Supply Assessment Mission (CFSAM) The year 2006/07 is forecast to produce Sudan's largest cereal harvest on record at 6.64 million tonnes. This represents a 36 percent increase on the average production…

Mission Highlights - A record cereal harvest of 6.64 million tonnes is forecast for Sudan in 2006/07, of which 78 percent will be sorghum, as a result of favourable rains and relatively few outbreaks of pests or diseases. - At this…

Summary of Findings During the month of January 2007, WFP Kenya carried out distribution monitoring in 16 out of the 24 Emergency Operation (EMOP) districts. Some 69 schools were visited under the Expanded School Feeding Programme during the same month. Distribution…

USAID Tanzania is developing a ten year program to promote economic growth in the agricultural sector. The broad outlines of this program are described in the results framework shown in Annex 1. This assessment of the agricultural sector is…

Risk Assessment: The second half of 2006 was an eventful time with regards to Conflictive Government and Non-Government Events. The major Conflictive Events had a political nature. Differences between Frelimo, the ruling party, and Renamo, the largest opposition party, account for…