In 1999, the Government of Djibouti began working with the World Bank to undertake a review of the country’s education system with the objective of addressing its inefficiencies and achieving universal primary enrollment by 2010. The second project phase was funded through the International Development Agency in 2005, and by 2011, had helped expand school access to more than 7,000 children, by adding and equipping 102 classrooms, and helped to improve the quality of the curriculum with in-service training to 95 percent of teachers and all school directors.

Floods and droughts have been particularly devastating to the region, bringing significant water shortages, economic losses and adverse social consequences.

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NEW YORK, 30 April (Department of Political Affairs) — The United Nations Trust Fund for the Fight against Piracy today approved a package of projects in support of anti-piracy efforts in Somalia and other affected States in the region, including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives and the Seychelles.

The announcement was made in New York by United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, who chaired the Board of the Trust Fund to Support Initiatives of States Countering Piracy off the Coast of Somalia.

Washington, le 23 avril 2013 - Djibouti et la Banque mondiale ont signé un accord de crédit de 7 millions de dollars destiné au projet d’amélioration de la performance dans le secteur de la santé, dont l’objectif est d’accroître le rayon de couverture et la qualité des soins de santé dans le pays, avec une cible de 300 000 bénéficiaires, dont majoritairement des femmes.

L’accord a été signé entre Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, ministre des Finances et de l’Économie de Djibouti, et Inger Andersen, vice-présidente de la Banque mondiale pour la Région Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord.

This document provides an overview of developments in the Mediterranean Basin and other regions of interest from 02 – 15 April 2013, with hyperlinks to source material highlighted and underlined in the text. For more information on the topics below or other issues pertaining to the region, please contact the members of the Med Basin Team, or visit our website at www.cimicweb.org.

Inside this issue

In Focus 1

North Africa 2

Northeast Africa 4

Horn of Africa 5

Disasters disproportionately affect the poor and vulnerable. In light of the alarming global trend of rising disaster losses, disaster and climate risk management is increasingly at the core of World Bank work. Investments are helping to protect millions of lives and livelihoods and safeguard growth in key socio-economic sectors.

Humanitarian situation and needs

Key messages

• One of the aims of European Commission's humanitarian aid actions in Djibouti is to reduce people's vulnerability to droughts and climate-caused disasters. This can be achieved by increasing communities' resilience to respond better to upcoming crises;

WASHINGTON, le 2 avril 2013 - On estime que 300 000 personnes, dont majoritairement des femmes, vont bénéficier d’un nouveau projet destiné à améliorer le rayon de couverture et la qualité des soins de santé à Djibouti. D’un montant de 7 millions de dollars, le nouveau crédit approuvé aujourd’hui par la Banque mondiale aidera le pays à assurer de meilleurs services de santé maternelle et infantile, et à améliorer ses programmes de lutte contre les maladies transmissibles (VIH/sida, tuberculose et paludisme).

La France présente ses condoléances au peuple djiboutien à la suite des graves inondations survenues le 25 mars et ayant causé la mort d’une dizaine de personnes.

A la demande des autorités djiboutiennes, trois hélicoptères Puma et un hélicoptère Gazelle des forces françaises à Djibouti sont intervenus, avec deux équipes médicales françaises assistées d’un médecin militaire djiboutien.