Executive summary

For the fourth consecutive year, WFP conducted an emergency food security assessment (EFSA) in the rural areas of Djibouti. The objective is to check the food security situation as this year again rainfall has been insufficient further to six consecutive years of drought and as food priceswhich never returned to their 2007 pre-crisis levels remain high.

Horn of Africa Initiative (HOAI)

En 1990, la République de Djibouti a ratifié la Convention des Droits des Enfants. En septembre 2008, à Genève, Djibouti a présenté le rapport périodique sur la mise en oeuvre de la convention relative aux droits de l'enfant devant le comité des droits des enfants. Entre ces deux dates, le Gouvernement a consenti beaucoup d'efforts en termes de formulation de politiques et plans d'action contribuant à améliorer la jouissance des droits par les enfants.

L'atteinte des objectifs de croissance et de réduction de la pauvreté de l'Initiative Nationale pour le Développement

On World Malaria Day in 2009, just over 600 days remain until 31 December 2010, UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon's deadline for all endemic countries to achieve universal coverage with essential malaria control interventions.(1) Data presented here highlight major signs of progress across Africa toward this goal.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that between 190 and 330 million malaria episodes occurred in 2006, resulting in nearly 1 million deaths. About 90 per cent of all malaria

In response to the dramatic rise of global food prices since 2007, WFP has been providing funding and technical support to WFP staff and partners to assess the impact of higher prices and structural vulnerabilities and a growing and 'new face of hunger'. According to preliminary research the estimated new caseload is expected to be more visible and to have greater political influence as they are often concentrated in urban areas.

With numerous initiatives underway and a number of different players, the WFP Regional Bureau needs to take stock

Part I: Operational Requirements and Shortfalls

Overview of the 2008 Programme of Work

As the second semester of 2008 begins, the World Food Programme continues to focus its attention on the more than 81 million beneficiaries requiring food assistance. The total cost of 2008 activities is just over US$4.78 billion. Considering carry-over stocks and resources mobilized so far in 2008, and considering US$1 billion for prepositioning of food stocks for 2009, the total shortfall at this time of the year is US$2.71 billion.

Executive Summary

The Horn of Africa (HOA), composed of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, suffers frequent natural disasters that commonly result in losses of life, destruction of infrastructure, and reduction of agricultural production. Formulating effective contingencies to respond to such emergencies is constrained by a limited understanding of the likelihood of a natural hazard occurring within a particular region and risks associated with that hazard. Robust early warning systems exist

The drought affecting the Horn of Africa and the cumulative effect of successive years of poor rains, coupled in some cases with conflict and civil unrest, is threatening the livelihoods of 15 million people, mostly pastoralists who depend on livestock and agriculture for their way of life. Pastoralists and agro-pastoralists are extremely poor and, with few coping strategies, remain particularly vulnerable to famine. Although pastoralists supply most of the meat and milk products in all five countries of the Horn, contributing substantially to the national

CCA Guidance for the Greater Horn of Africa Rainfall in June-July-August 2003 at One Month Lead