“Blown Away”: Watershed Management in Rural Ethiopia
Source: Counterpart International Country: Ethiopia By Abe Henry Eleven Ethiopian men and women surrounded me, talking excitedly and gesturing, my interpreter struggling to keep up. They were trying...
View ArticleBuilding an Incentive into Conserving the Land in Ethiopia
Source: Counterpart International Country: Ethiopia The village of Beshera Chafa in Ethiopia’s Central Rift Valley is turning a wasteland into a profit center. “We felt sad even looking at this area...
View ArticleUNICEF Sahel Situation Report 19 October 2012
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia (the), Mauritania, Niger (the), Nigeria, Senegal Highlights Nutrition Crisis More than 576,000 (out of 1.1 million...
View ArticleNiger / Mali: ICRC scales up operations (EN/FR)
Source: ICRC Country: Mali, Niger (the) Le président du CICR Peter Maurer a estimé à la fin d'une visite de trois jours au Mali et au Niger que les déploiements militaires et la reprise des...
View ArticleSahel et Afrique de l’Ouest - Mise à jour de la perspective sur la sécurité...
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network Country: Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger (the), Nigeria, Senegal Poursuite des pluies en octobre au Sahel confirmant les bonnes...
View ArticleInhabitants of Gizgiza Administrative area striving to improve potable water...
Source: Government of Eritrea Country: Eritrea Hamelmalo, 27 October 2012 – The inhabitants of Gizgiza Administrative area, Hamelmalo sub-zone, are engaged in popular undertaking with a view to...
View ArticleNation marks 5th Global Handwashing Day
Source: Government of Ethiopia Country: Ethiopia Addis Ababa October 27/2012 Ethiopia marked on Saturday the 5th Global Handwashing Day, which promotes the importance of handwashing with soap as an...
View ArticleWorld Food Day 2012: A Do or Die Affair
Source: ActionAid Country: Nigeria ‘’For every two bags of fertilizer given to a man, a woman should be given four’’. This is how the leader of the FCT chapter of ActionAid Nigeria’s facilitated...
View ArticleThe Market Monitor - Trends of staple food prices in vulnerable countries,...
Source: World Food Programme Country: World, Armenia, Colombia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Niger (the), Peru, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic (the), United Republic of...
View ArticleChad's Hunger Season Ends But Malnutrition Remains
Source: MSF Country: Chad It is early morning, and already hot, when two 4x4 vehicles pull up in front of a small health center in the village of Angara in eastern Chad. A crowd of women and...
View ArticleIFAD and Niger sign a US$21.46 million financing agreement to boost...
Source: International Fund for Agricultural Development Country: Niger (the) Rome, 25 October 2012 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a US$21.46 million loan...
View ArticleSelected crop seeds expressed to have strong contribution in increasing...
Source: Government of Eritrea Country: Eritrea Barentu, 28 October 2012- The selected crop seeds that have been distributed to farmers in Gash-Barka region by the Ministry of Agriculture branch have...
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Ongoing FY 2012 and FY 2011 USG Assistance to the Horn of Africa (as of 30...
Link: Horn of Africa Drought Fact Sheet #29, Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Country: Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya Source: US Agency for International Development
View ArticleSpecial Report No 13/2012: European Union Development Assistance for...
Source: European Union Country: Burkina Faso, Angola, Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, United Republic of Tanzania (the) Luxembourg 28/09/2012 Improvements in access to safe drinking-water and basic...
View ArticleEthiopia closes 10 NGOs, warns hundreds
Source: Sudan Tribune Country: Ethiopia October 27, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia’s Charities and Societies Agency (CSoA), announced Saturday that it has shut down 10 non-governmental organizations...
View ArticleRegional approaches to food security in Africa: Early lessons from the IGAD...
Source: European Centre for Development Policy Management Country: Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan (Republic of), Sudan (the), Uganda Executive Summary In 2003 the...
View ArticleMilitant groups present in Mali's desert north
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Mali 10/29/2012 16:28 GMT BAMAKO, Oct 29, 2012 (AFP) - Mali's desert north has fallen into the hands of Islamist hardliners over the past six months, sparking...
View ArticleLe nord du Mali sous contrôle de groupes islamistes armés
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Mali 10/29/2012 15:09 GMT BAMAKO, 29 oct 2012 (AFP) - Le nord du Mali, région en majorité désertique représentant les deux-tiers de son territoire, est depuis...
View ArticleWFP joins the fight against locusts in the Sahel
Source: World Food Programme Country: Mali, Algeria, Chad, Libya, Morocco, Senegal As families in the Sahel struggle to recover from this year’s hunger crisis, tens of millions of locusts threaten...
View ArticleLa crise alimentaire se termine mais la malnutrition persiste
Source: MSF Country: Chad Le jour vient à peine de se lever et il fait déjà très chaud. Deux véhicules tout terrain s’arrêtent devant le petit centre de santé du village d’Angara dans l’est du...
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