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31 Jul 2010

Mauritania + 15 others
Sahel: CILSS Newsletter Juin 2010

Report
— Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
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Prévision saisonnière des pluies et des débits en Afrique de l'Ouest, Tchad et Cameroun pour la période de juillet à septembre 2010 :

Saison pluvieuse normale à humide, avec des risques élevés d'inondations dans les pays du Sahel.

Introduction

Le 13ème forum de Prévision Saisonnière en Afrique de l 'Ouest, Tchad et Cameroun s'est tenu les 27 et 28 Mai 2010 à Niamey (Niger). Ces deux journées de présentation et de discussion des résultats étaient précédées par deux pré-forums, l'un avec les experts des services météorologiques nationaux à l 'ACMAD, et l'autre avec leurs

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30 Jul 2010

Gambia + 6 others
Commerce Transfrontalier et Sécurité Alimentaire en Afrique de l'Ouest - Cas du Bassin Ouest : Gambie, Guinée-Bissau, Guinée, Mali, Mauritanie, Sénégal, Mars 2010

Report
— Famine Early Warning System Network
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Le bassin ouest - défini comme le système de marchés d'une zone englobant la Gambie, la Guinée-Bissau, la Guinée, le Sénégal, la Mauritanie et l'ouest du Mali- est parcouru par des flux commerciaux de longue distance qui sous tendent les systèmes de vie et les mécanismes de survie des ménages vulnérables à l'insécurité alimentaire. Ces flux transfrontaliers s'organisent de façon à répondre à la forte demande émanant des zones urbaines de la côte, et notamment des zones urbaines de l'ouest sénégalais. Quand ils fonctionnent sans entrave, les flux commerciaux
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22 Jul 2010

Gambia + 2 others
Heavy Rains Predicted in Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania

Report
— Voice of America
The International Federation of the Red Cross is preparing for what it says will be heavy rains in the region this year, particularly in Senegal, Gambia and Mauritania. One village in southern Senegal already reports losing dozens of homes and animals because of severe flooding in the past week.

In the Casamance region of southern Senegal, teacher Houssainatou Boiro says heavy rains that began last week have washed away her house as well as the rice and couscous she was storing to feed her children.

Boiro's village, Sinthiou Koundara, is

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15 Jul 2010

Algeria + 20 others
West Africa: Reference Map (as of 2010)

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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14 Jul 2010

Benin + 15 others
Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP): Mid-Year Review of the Appeal 2010 for West Africa

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The people of West Africa remain confronted with a wide range of threats to livelihoods and protection, ranging from food insecurity to political volatility, bad governance, transnational criminal activities including human trafficking, chronic poverty, or the longer-term impacts of climate change. These trends affect the coping capacity of states, communities and families and, in some instances, present a rising challenge to humanitarian actors regarding the respect of humanitarian principles and human rights.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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