Reports

Updated - 07/05 Background: The food crisis facing the West African nation of Niger has reached critical proportions. Last year's poor rains and swarms of locusts decimated many of the crops and killed much of the livestock that the nation's subsistence…

160,000 children suffering from moderate undernutrition (wasting) Proportion of under-fives falling below minus 2 and minus 3 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height of the reference population. 32,000 children suffering from severe undernutrition (wasting) This document reflects the…

· WFP increases number of people being targeted with food aid: as Niger's traditional lean season (April-October) enters its final months, the country's food shortages are intensifying, forcing WFP to progressively increase the number of people targeted with food aid…

Episcopal Relief and Development is providing emergency assistance to vulnerable people affected by drought and famine in Niger, Ghana, and Zimbabwe. Severe drought exacerbated by a locust invasion in Niger, inconsistent rainfall patterns in Ghana, and no harvest in…

Malnutrition and mortality rates are critically high among children under five in the regions of Maradi and Zinder in Niger, according to World Vision staff working in the country. More than three children per 10,000 under age five are dying…

ROME - As the international humanitarian response to Niger's severe hunger crisis gathers pace, the United Nations World Food Programme announced today that a series of airlifts will deliver life-saving emergency rations to feed 80,000 victims of the country's…

Concern's food distributions in Tahoua region of Niger began today in response to the food crisis gripping the country. Current estimates are that 3.6 million Nigeriens, including 800,000 children, are at serious risk of malnutrition as a result of…

SOMMAIRE ET IMPLICATIONS L'évolution des niveaux de l'insécurité alimentaire est fortement liée à l'exécution des programmes d'urgence et au démarrage de la saison des pluies (Carte 1). Nous observons trois situations : 1. La situation est nettement améliorée…

By Rachel Bonham Carter NEW YORK, 27 July 2005 - Hunger and malnutrition are threatening the lives of 3.6 million people in Niger - among them 800,000 children under five. UNICEF and its partners have made an emergency appeal for…