Assessments

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) issues periodic emergencies when population groups are now, or will soon become, extremely food insecure, unable to meet their consumption needs. These groups have already exhausted their strategies for acquiring food and face…

La persistance des déficits pluviométriques prolongés compromet les récoltes céréalières de la saison agricole 2002-03 à l’Ouest du Sahel RESUME La campagne agricole s’est définitivement installée très tardivement dans la majeure partie de l’ouest du Sahel à la…

Nairobi, Kenya Summary There is increased likelihood of near-normal to below-normal rainfall over much of Tanzania, much of Kenya, southern Ethiopia, southern and northern Somalia and parts of southern Sudan. Enhanced probabilities of above normal rainfall favour the rest of Somalia…

Sommaire La saison sèche se prolonge dans les zones agropastorales du sud-ouest, du centre et du nord du pays. Dans le sud-est les cumuls de pluies enregistrés jusqu’à la fin de la deuxième décade d’août sont inférieurs…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is among the most severe in the world. An estimated two to four million Congolese are internally displaced, 90% of them in the Eastern region. Health and other infrastructure…

This report covers the period from June 30 to July 30, 2002 Summary The rainy season has not yet begun in most farming and herding areas of the country. Cumulative rainfall totals at most weather stations are down…

Summary Rainfall totals since the end of May are still too low to trigger the start-up of farm work, except in a narrow strip in the southern reaches of the country along the Malian border between Maghama…

Contexte Suite à une mission OCHA menée à Gemena, Karawa et Gbadolite du 20 au 27 mai et aux discussions avec les acteurs humanitaires rencontrés sur le terrain, sont apparues comme étant prioritaires les trois problématiques suivantes : la santé…

FINAL REPORT TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION Dr Peter J Baxter University of Cambridge Addenbrooke's Hospital Cambridge, UK Dr Anne Ancia Emergency Co-ordinator World Health Organisation Goma June 2002 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY We have undertaken a vulnerability assessment of the Nyiragongo volcano crisis at Goma for the World…

Summary Food security continues to deteriorate in all rural areas of the country, as well as in slum areas of Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. Information from local farmers and regional agricultural agencies in the Gorgol, Brakna and Trarza…