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Niger + 2 others
Niger Bulletin humanitaire numéro 19 - 17 mai 2013

FAITS SAILLANTS

  • De nouveaux cas de choléra enregistrés à Tillabéry et Niamey, une amélioration de la desserte en eau de la ville d’Ayorou serait une piste de solution à l’épidémie
  • Baisse subite des prix des céréales à Zinder
  • Flambée de cas de rougeole à Zinder et Agadez
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Mali + 8 others
Sahel Crisis 2013: Funding Status as of 17 May 2013

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Chad + 6 others
Tchad : Revue de Presse Humanitaire du 10 au 16 mai 2013

Au menu:

· Tchad : ouverture d'un sommet sur le développement durable, la pauvreté et le climat (AFP, 11/05/13)

· Le Tchadien Djimet Adoum nommé secrétaire exécutif du CILSS (AFP, 13/05/13)

· Canada provides emergency assistance for refugees and displaced in eastern Chad (CIDA, 13/05/13)

· Nigeria declares 'massive' military campaign on borders (BBC, 15/05/13)

· Greening: We must break the cycle of food shortages in Western Africa (DFID, 15/05/13)

· UN envoy says CAR in 'state of anarchy' (Al Jazeera, 16/05/13)

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Kenya + 4 others
Alarm growing as cassava blight spreads to West Africa

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15 AM

By Isaiah Esipisu

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The future of cassava, one of the most climate-resilient crops in Africa, may be under threat because rising temperatures have led to a dramatic increase in the number of whiteflies, tiny insects that spread the deadly cassava brown streak virus.

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Mali + 8 others
Charte de qualité de l’information sur la sécurité alimentaire au Sahel

Ce document comprend trois parties pouvant être utilisées ensemble ou séparément. L'objectif visé par ce découpage est double:

  • permettre de décliner aisément des documents destinés à des publics différents notamment lors de la future phase de sensibilisation qui doit aboutir à son adoption ; éviter une approche trop pointue, notamment en ce qui concerne certains aspects statistiques que peuvent << rebuter >> ou lasser une partie du public destinataire.
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World + 48 others
Global Food Security Update - Issue 10, May 2013

Food security levels are generally better than a year earlier in East Africa and the Sahel, with most areas facing either IPC phase 1 ‘minimal’ or phase 2 ‘stressed’ conditions, thanks to favorable agro-climatic conditions in 2012.

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Mali + 1 other
Nigeria pledges more financial support as donors converge to assist Mali’s development

The Federal Government of Nigeria has pledged more financial aid to war-torn Mali to help rebuild the country after months of conflict.

Vice President Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo, made this pledge in Brussels at the International Donors Conference on the Development of Mali organized by the European Union and the Mali’s transitional government.

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Mali + 13 others
Les points forts des recherches récentes de l’IFPRI en matière de politiques alimentaires en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre

La recherche sur les politiques alimentaires au service de la réduction de la pauvreté et de la faim

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Mali + 14 others
Highlights of recent IFPRI food policy research in the West and Central Africa region

In the wake of the food crises of the early 1970s and the resulting World Food Conference of 1974, a group of innovators realized that food security depends not only on crop production but also on the policies that affect an entire food system, from farm to table. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) was founded in 1975, the same year as the signing of the Treaty of Lagos, which formally created the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

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Mali + 8 others
Sahel Crisis 2013: Funding Status as of 13 May 2013

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Mali + 4 others
Comprendre les causes de l'extrémisme violent en Afrique de l'Ouest

Report
IRIN

DAKAR, 13 mai 2013 (IRIN) - Des universitaires et des représentants des gouvernements, des armées et de la société civile se sont réunis la semaine dernière à Dakar, la capitale sénégalaise pour évaluer les liens entre le développement et l'extrémisme violent en Afrique de l'Ouest. Certains participants à la conférence ont suggéré que le sous-développement, la marginalisation et la faible gouvernance créaient un terreau fertile pour le militantisme.

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Niger + 2 others
Niger Food Security Outlook - April through September 2013

Record rise in cereal prices undermines household food security

KEY MESSAGES

  • Increasing millet and maize prices, already well aboveaverage in April, will overshoot seasonal norms between now and the height of the lean season and the end of Ramadan in late August due to market disruptions triggered by last year’s floods in Nigeria. Central and Eastern Niger will be most affected.

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Mali + 4 others
Understanding the causes of violent extremism in West Africa

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IRIN

DAKAR, 10 May 2013 (IRIN) - Academics and government, military and civil society representatives gathered for a conference in the Senegalese capital this week to assess the interplay between development and violent extremism in West Africa, with some participants suggesting that underdevelopment, marginalization and weak governance create a breeding ground for militancy.

IRIN:

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

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Burkina Faso + 17 others
West Africa Seasonal Monitor April 2013

Normal start in bi-modal zone and a good progression of the season in Guinean-Sudanian zone

KEY MESSAGES

• February to April rainfall estimates (RFE) indicate that the onset of rains occurred earlier than normal this season with generally above normal rainfall levels in the bi-modal zone, as well as the southern part of the Guinean-Sudanian zone. According to medium term forecasts, an on time or early onset of the rains is expected for the northern part of the Guinean-Sudanian zone.

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Mali + 8 others
Sahel crisis 2013: Funding status as of 07 May 2013

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Mali + 8 others
Sahel 2013: Sector Strategic Indicators (as of February 2013)

General context and trends

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Nigeria + 5 others
West Africa Special Report: May 2013 - Atypical increases in staple food prices likely in West Africa; limited impact on food security in most areas

Flood related crop damage and the resultant below-average crop production contribute to poor food supply within Nigeria and the rest of West Africa.

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Mali + 6 others
Sahel et Afrique de l’Ouest - Mise à jour de la Perspective sur la sécurité alimentaire, Avril 2013

Hausse de l’insécurité alimentaire suite à un fonctionnement atypique du marché

MESSAGES CLÉS

• Dans les zones fortement touchées par l’insécurité civile notamment au nord du Mali, au nord-est du Nigeria et en République Centrafricaine, le mauvais fonctionnement du marché, conjugué avec le faible pouvoir d’achat des ménages et à la faiblesse des stocks, engendrent une insécurité alimentaire de type crise (IPC Phase 3).

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Chad + 4 others
Tchad Revue de presse humanitaire du 26 avril au 2 mai 2013

Au menu:

· Tchad: au moins trois morts dans un présumé complot déjoué (AFP, 2 mai)

· MSF is calling for refugees to receive humanitarian assistance in Chad following clashes in Darfur (MSF, 26 April)

· Tchad : aider les réfugiés soudanais et les déplacés centrafricains (ONU, 26 avril)

· Wet Season Threatens Migrant Returnees, Refugees in Chad (IOM, 30 April)

· Le lait maternel réduit la résistance microbienne aux antibiotiques (tchadinfos.com, 1er mai)

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Nigeria Food Security Outlook - April to September 2013

Crisis food security outcomes currently seen in the northeast

KEY MESSAGES

• Conflict relating to Boko Haram is continuing to displace populations, disrupt market and trade activities, and reduce income levels in the north, particularly in Borno and Yobe states. Food stocks in these areas also depleted earlier than normal due to below-average 2012/13 crop production. As a result, poor households will face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) food insecurity between April and September.