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Highlights Locust invasions and, more particularly, drought caused maize production to fall to one-third (4 042 tonnes) of last year's level. All the islands with farming activities have been affected by these problems. Locust damage to pastures has been very severe in…

1 HIGHLIGHTS Renewed fighting between the FAB/CNDD-FDD coalition and the FNL rebel group (29 December 2004) in Kanyosha Commune of Bujumbura Rural caused the displacement of 2,876 (families around 13,000 persons) in Ruyaga area. The displaced found shelter in different…

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS The food security outlook for the GHA into early 2005 is mixed due to the following factors. There has been a general improvement in food access among farmers, particularly in the high crop production…

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES 1. Bujumbura Rural: insecurity causes further displacement of population Following a reported FNL attack on a military position in Gikoto area (Musaga Zone, Bujumbura Town) on 27 December, armed Burundi forces ordered the displacement of approximately…

The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. All international assistance…

Close monitoring of vulnerable areas is warranted for better targeting of envisioned interventions. I. SUMMARY This year's annual meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network for the Sahel marked an important milestone. Twenty years ago, the network was…

he International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organization, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of war and internal violence and to provide…