Eliminating hunger in the Sahel: Farmers idea-rich but equity-poor
Source: Plan Country: Niger (the) NAKIN FADA, Niger (Sep 2012) – The “lean season” is a normal part of the life of farming communities in Africa’s Sahel region. Even in the best of years, there is...
View ArticleEthiopia Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin, 10 September 2012
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Ethiopia Relief Food Update As of 6 September, dispatch of the fifth round of relief food (targeting 3.3 million people...
View ArticleOngoing FY 2012 and FY 2011 USG Assistance to the Horn of Africa (as of 11...
Link: Horn of Africa Drought Fact Sheet #28, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Country: Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya Source: US Agency for International Development
View ArticleFood Assistance Outlook Brief September 2012
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network Country: World, Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo (the), Djibouti, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania,...
View ArticleSomalia: Distributions of UNHCR Emergency Assistance Packages (EAPs): January...
Country: Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
View ArticleSomalia: UNHCR Number of Households with Improved Shelters: January - August...
Country: Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
View ArticleSomalia: Distributions of Shelter / NFI Cluster Standardised Kits: January -...
Country: Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
View ArticleSomalia: Shelter / NFI Cluster Number of Households with Improved Shelters:...
Country: Somalia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
View ArticleSAACID Monthly Nutrition Bulletin - Mogadishu August 2012 (28/7-30/8)
Source: SAACID Country: Somalia Community-Based Therapeutic Care (CTC) Mogadishu, Somalia SAACID, in partnership with Oxfam, and with support by UNICEF and WFP, operates nutrition sites across...
View ArticleDrought: Emergency Appeal n° MDRSO001 - Operations Update n°5
Source: IFRC Country: Somalia Period covered by this Operations Update: 23 September 2011- 31 July, 2012. Appeal target (current): CHF 4,158,792 Appeal coverage: 100% (93% up to end July); Appeal...
View ArticleNutrition clinics offer hope in the midst of a drought
Source: IFRC Country: Niger (the) Mariama Amadou’s five-year-old son died of starvation in March. Now her ten-month-old daughter Salamou is suffering from severe malnutrition. More than one million...
View ArticleSomalia's new president survives Shebab assassination bid
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Somalia 09/12/2012 13:32 GMT MOGADISHU, Sept 12, 2012 (AFP) - Somalia's president survived an assassination bid Wednesday, just two days into his new job, when...
View ArticleTackling hunger in Kenya – in pictures
Source: Guardian Country: Kenya High levels of child malnutrition exist in many rural and urban communities in Kenya, reaching alarming rates in the slums of Nairobi. Multi-award-winning...
View ArticleIn pictures: Hunger stalks Niger
Source: Al Jazeera Country: Niger (the) About six million people at risk as food crisis worsens in the Sahel region hit by poor harvests. Read the story and view the photo slideshow on Al Jazeera.
View ArticleNiger : Bulletin humanitaire, numéro 36 - 11 septembre 2012
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Niger (the) Inondations: Le bilan s'alourdit Choléra: 3854 cas et 81 décès à date Les prix des céréales toujours à la hausse à...
View ArticleEl hambre importa: las crisis recurrentes
Source: Acción contra el Hambre Country: World, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guatemala, Guinea, Mali, Niger (the), Pakistan, Peru, Somalia, South Sudan (Republic of), Uganda Prólogo Es para mí un...
View ArticleChad Food Security Outlook Update August 2012
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network Country: Chad Food security conditions starting to improve in certain areas Key messages The above-average rainfall levels across most of the country have...
View ArticleSomalia’s New President Faces Humanitarian Challenges
Source: Voice of America Country: Somalia, Kenya Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mahamud takes office during an easing of the humanitarian crisis in his country. But a top humanitarian...
View ArticleClimate Prediction Center’s Africa Hazards Outlook For USAID / FEWS-NET...
1) Heavy rains have resulted in fatalities and massive destruction in South Darfur, the northern Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap, and Jonglei states of South Sudan. Flooding potential remains as above-average...
View ArticlePeace and security threats in the Sahel-Sahara region: assessing the...
Source: International Peace Institute Country: Mali, Niger (the) The crisis in the Sahel will not end unless new responses depart from the traditional “business‐as‐usual” approach. This was the key...
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