Executive summary The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger...
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Executive summary The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity is likely to deteriorate further in 18 hunger...
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Burkina Faso A convoy travelling with military escort near Boukouma (Soum province, Sahel region) was attacked by a non-state armed group on 18 August, killing at least 80 people, including 65...
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As part of the UNDP Oslo Governance Centre’s (OGC) initiative to further support advancement of the research agenda on Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE), the OGC partnered with the Regional PVE...
HIGHLIGHTS Burkina Faso is grappling with an unprecedented humanitarian emergency due to a sudden escalation of violence 1.5 million people need humanitarian assistance. More than 271,000 people have...
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This Weekly Bulletin focuses on selected acute public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African Region. The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 71 events in the region...
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September 11, 2012 OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso―The Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation, accompanied by heads of Canadian humanitarian organizations, today conducted a visit...
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HIGHLIGHTS - Number of displaced people in Burkina Faso rises to over 90 000. - Over 50% of the capital, Ouagadougou, including key infrastructures, has suffered damage. - Waterborne diseases remain...
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Ougadougou, Burkina Faso_(dpa) _ When teacher Aminata Sourl packed up her classroom in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso at the end of last term, she didn't expect to be back until the new school year. But...
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DAKAR, 14 septembre 2009 (IRIN) - En Afrique de l'Ouest, la saison des pluies 2009, qui doit encore durer quelques semaines, a provoqué des inondations étendues, qui ont affecté des centaines de...
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Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises...
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DAKAR, 11 September 2009 (IRIN) The 2009 rainy season in West Africa, with several weeks to go, has caused extensive flooding, affecting hundreds of thousands of people and killing 160, according to...
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Des précipitations d'une force inhabituelle et des pluies diluviennes ont provoqué récemment de graves inondations au Burkina Faso, Niger, Sénégal, Sierra Leone et Ghana. Ces catastrophes naturelles...
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Floods in West Africa are affecting over 400,000 people and the British Red Cross has released =A325,000 to provide relief for badly hit Sierra Leone. The UN reports that since the rainy season began...
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Torrential rainfall has resulted in severe flooding in Burkina Faso, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana. Some 600,000 people are affected, and 159 deaths have been reported. Switzerland is active...
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(Dakar, 8 septembre 2009) Près de 600 000 personnes sont affectées par les inondations suite aux fortes pluies qui s'abattent depuis le mois de juin en Afrique de l'Ouest. Ces pluies diluviennes ont...
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Upwards revision sees 159 dead, 600,000 hit - Revision includes deaths not previously counted - World Food Programme monitoring situation By George Fominyen DAKAR, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Floods caused by...
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(Dakar, New York, 8 September 2009) Some 600,000 people have been affected by flooding as a result of heavy rains that have hit West Africa since June. These torrential have led to the death of 159...
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GLIDE n=B0 FL-2009-000170-MRT; FL-2009-000172-BFA; FL-2009-000174-NER; FL-2009-000164-SEN; FL-2009-000176-MLI; FL-2009-000177-GMB The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF)...