Reports

Summary The joint Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI)/FAO/WFP/FEWSNET crop and food assessment mission (CFAM) of June 2003 had established that crop production at the national level had been generally satisfactory, with a main exception: Bugesera Region in Kigali…

by Tope Akinwande in Abidjan Since conflict erupted in Côte d'Ivoire in September 2002, the spotlight has been on the plight of victims in armed opposition-held territories. Yet thousands of people fled to the country's largest city of Abidjan, and they…

Monrovia, 18 August 2003 - With the first humanitarian supply ship safely docked at the port of Monrovia, WFP is already delivering vital food aid to thousands of people in the war-ravaged Liberian capital. To date, the Agency has handed…

Security The Port of Monrovia was handed over to the ECOMIL forces on Thursday, 14 August 2003. The LURD forces withdrew 4 kilometres up to St. Paul's bridge. Though they are expected to move up to Po River. The process…

IP/03/1162 Brussels, 14 August 2003 - The European Commission has approved a €4 million humanitarian aid package to support food and nutrition programmes for vulnerable groups affected by the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The funds will…

Executive Summary With a population of 10.8 million inhabitants in 2000, Niger is among the least developed and low-income, food-deficit countries. It is ranked 172nd out of 173 countries on the United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Index for 2002.…

EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION Current atmospheric and oceanic conditions in the tropical Pacific are near average and do not support the development of either La Niña or El Niño in the next few months. Equatorial…

Ce Rapport couvre la période du 30 juin au 28 juillet 2003 Sommaire: L'hivernage a démarré plus tôt qu'en 2002 mais dans une période relativement proche de celle de la moyenne 90-99, divisant le pays en deux zones: Dans le sud-est du…

Monrovia, 13th August 2003 - Thanks to the Italian Co-operation and WFP-UNHRD (UN Humanitarian Response Depot) located in Brindisi (Italy), the first humanitarian flight coming from Italy has been organised and basic items have been delivered and stored in the…

Courtesy translation Rome, 13 August 2003 - A special flight dispatched by the Cooperazione Italiana landed in Monrovia yesterday with 200,000 euro's worth of emergency aid destined to meet the basic needs of the civil war-battered population, in particular its…