Mali: Urgent humanitarian help needed as war expands, wide reports of human...
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, NigerBriefing Notes, 25 January 2013This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom...
View ArticleKenya: Education disrupted by teachers’ strike in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp
Source: IRINCountry: Kenya, SomaliaDADAAB, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - Close to 40,000 primary school children in Kenya's northeastern Dadaab refugee complex have had their education interrupted by a...
View ArticleSenegal: Senegal - Food Security and Livestock Support Project
Source: World BankCountry: SenegalCountry and Sector BackgroundSenegal is the second largest rice importer in sub- Saharan Africa, ranking tenth in the world. Rice is the main cereal consumed in...
View ArticleKenya: UNHCR position on the directive by the Kenyan Government on the...
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan (Republic of)BRIEFER: Melissa Fleming, Chief SpokespersonThis is a...
View ArticleChad: Tchad : Revue de Presse Humanitaire, 18 au 24 janvier 2013
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Cameroon, ChadLES TITRES• Tchad: l'hospitalisation de dizaines d'enfants sans lien avec le vaccin contre la méningite (Romandie,...
View ArticleMali: ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defense Staff to meet again on Mali
Source: ECOWASCountry: MaliN°: 019/2013 24 January 2013 [ABUJA-NIGERIA]Members of the Committee of Chiefs of Defense Staff (CDDS) will meet in an emergency session in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire on...
View ArticleMalawi: More ethanol could lighten Malawi's fuel bill
Source: IRINCountry: MalawiJOHANNESBURG, 25 January 2013 (IRIN) - As fuel prices climb in Malawi, amid fuel shortages and a soaring inflation rate - prompted by a 50 percent devaluation of the currency...
View ArticleMali: Mali: Food Insecurity Emergency Appeal Operations Update no.2 (MDRML009)
Source: IFRCCountry: MaliPeriod covered by this Operations Update: 1 December 2012 to 17 January 2013.Appeal target (current): CHF 1,042,363Appeal coverage: 73 percentAppeal history:· This Emergency...
View ArticleMali: French, Malian troops seize northern Islamist towns
Source: Agence France-PresseCountry: Mali01/25/2013 19:42 GMTby Serge DanielBAMAKO, Jan 25, 2013 (AFP) - French and Malian troops on Friday advanced on the key Islamist stronghold of Gao after...
View ArticleMali: MALI - EU: food crisis. Italy to supply logistic support and trainers
Source: Government of ItalyCountry: Burkina Faso, Italy, Mali, Mauritania, NigerThe refugee emergency and food crisis are what most concern the European Union in Mali. The alarm was sounded by...
View ArticleMali: ACT Alert: Conflict and Displacement in Mali, No. 05/2013
Source: ACT AllianceCountry: Mali1. Brief description of the emergency and impactFollowing a military coup d’état in Mali in March 2012, a combination of the separatist Tuareg National Movement for the...
View ArticleKenya: Water mapping to enhance water resource management
Source: Agency for Technical Cooperation and DevelopmentCountry: KenyaMARALAL, Kenya [ACTED News] - Generating information on water point resources provides a critical basis for water point...
View ArticleMali: Mali Crisis: CRS’ Helen Blakesley reports from Bamako
Source: Catholic Relief ServicesCountry: MaliAs the crisis in Mali continues – with French, Malian and other African troops battling rebels in the country’s north – CRS continues to meet the needs of...
View ArticleMali: ICRC and Mali Red Cross distribute emergency aid
Source: ICRCCountry: Mali25-01-2013 Photo gallerySome 7,000 people have just received emergency supplies of food and other basic necessities in the towns of Niono, Kala Siguida and Mariko, in the...
View ArticleWorld: UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children 2013
Source: UN Children's FundCountry: Afghanistan, Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo,...
View ArticleMali: Les Caritas préparent leur aide humanitaire
Source: CaritasCountry: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, SenegalAppuyées par leur réseau mondial auquel le Secours Catholique appartient, quatre Caritas sahéliennes s’organisent pour apporter leur aide...
View ArticleMali: Les projets MSF après deux semaines de combats
Source: MSFCountry: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, NigerDeux semaines après le début des opérations militaires au nord Mali, MSF continue de travailler dans les régions de Mopti, Gao et Tombouctou....
View ArticleMali: Planning Now for Peacebuilding
Source: Stimson CenterCountry: MaliThe last few weeks have seen a flurry of new developments in the crisis in Mali. While many stakeholders focus on the immediate objective of neutralizing Islamist...
View ArticleMali: Le HCR réitère son appel à la communauté internationale pour aider le...
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, NigerBAMAKO, Mali, 25 janvier (HCR)– Le HCR a renouvelé vendredi son appel à la communauté internationale pour une aide...
View ArticleMali: Crisis in Mali having far-reaching impact on rest of West Africa, warns...
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Mali25 January 2013 – The ongoing crisis in Mali is having far-reaching effects in West Africa and the Sahel, a United Nations envoy said today, stressing that the...
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