Reports

With each rainy season in Senegal come reports of large-scale flooding and equally large-scale damage. This year is no different, with above average rains triggering damaging floods that are currently affecting an estimated 100,000 people. Nearly…

Chapter 1: Introduction The Government of Rwanda is committed to attaining internationally agreed development objectives such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for poverty reduction and sustainable development. The Government of Rwanda’s Economic Development and Poverty Reduction…

LAGOS, 27 August 2013 (IRIN) - Heavy rains have unleashed floods in parts of Nigeria, testing the country's emergency preparedness one year after its worst flooding in decades. Some 35,000 people have been affected, most of them…

A team of European experts in civil protection is leaving for Nigeria today to advise on measures to prepare for and mitigate the impact of floods. In 2012 the country suffered enormous flooding and the risk…

1. Executive Summary The Sahel Regional Representation, based in Senegal, supports National Societies in ten countries: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal. It is part of the larger IFRC…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The combined effects of the 2011/2012 Sahel Crisis and heavy flooding in July/October 2012 have eroded vulnerable households’ coping mechanisms and resulted in protracted food insecurity in pockets of the country and persisting acute malnutrition. Despite…

1. SUMMARY Chad continues on its path towards stabilisation and sustainable recovery. Peace dividends such as an improved security environment and political stability have reinforced the country’s status as a host nation for people affected by conflict…

Ces dernières décennies, les événements météorologiques extrêmes comme les sécheresses, les inondations, les tempêtes, la grêle et les mouvements de terrain se produisent de plus en plus fréquemment et s’avèrent plus dévastateurs que par…

DAKAR, 18 June 2013 (IRIN) - While aid agencies agree that early warning systems offer the chance to mitigate humanitarian crises, difficulty in funding pre-emptive measures and government sensitivities in admitting a looming disaster continue to…

DAKAR/NIAMEY, 13 June 2013 (IRIN) - West African and Sahel countries are setting up measures to minimize flood damage as the annual rainy season approaches. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in a…