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Farmers and forecasts

BINGERVILLE/DAKAR, 2 April 2012 (IRIN) - Unpredictable rainfall in parts of Côte d’Ivoire cost some farmers over half of their harvest in 2011 producers told IRIN, but, armed with more knowledge about how to get weather reports and interpret them, they might still have been able to boost their output, say agricultural specialists. full report

SAHEL: Malian refugees risk being “forgotten”

 DAKAR, 28 March 2012 (IRIN) - Mali is facing its “worst humanitarian crisis for 20 years” due to a combination of food insecurity affecting around three million people, and conflict-induced displacement in the north. full report

WEST AFRICA: Giant anti-polio drive threatened by insecurity

 DAKAR, 23 March 2012 (IRIN) - Health volunteers, aid agency and health authority staff are trying to immunize 111.1 million children under five across 20 countries in West and Central Africa against polio. The four-day campaign started today, but instability in some of the target countries could hamper the effort. full report

Analysis: Burkina Faso's uneasy peace

 OUAGADOUGOU, 12 March 2012 (IRIN) - One year on from the start of several months of popular revolts in Burkina Faso, the situation has settled down, but the calm is fragile, say observers. full report

HEALTH: Malaria stunts foetal growth

 BANGKOK, 6 March 2012 (IRIN) - Malaria infection during the earliest months of pregnancy stunts foetal growth even when the mothers do not have any malarial symptoms, according to a large-scale study conducted along the Thai-Burmese border. full report

BURKINA FASO: Government wants more aid for Malian refugees

 OUAGADOUGOU, 29 February 2012 (IRIN) - With nearly 20,000 Malian refugees now in Burkina Faso, according to Burkina Minister of Communications Alain Traore, and up to 800 more crossing the border each day, the government says it urgently needs more help. full report

MALI: Refugee, IDP numbers rise as fighting continues in north

 DAKAR, 24 February 2012 (IRIN) - Refugee numbers are rising daily in countries bordering Mali as fighting rages between the Malian army and the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), which is fighting for greater autonomy for the Tuareg. full report

SAHEL: Thousands of Touaregs flee into Burkina Faso

 OUAGADOUGOU, 10 February 2012 (IRIN) - At least 8,000 Touaregs fleeing fighting in neighbouring Mali have found refuge in Burkina Faso, having arrived “in a dire humanitarian condition”, the government said yesterday. full report

SAHEL: Donors learning funding lessons - slowly

 DAKAR, 6 February 2012 (IRIN) - This year donors are stepping up more quickly to meet Sahel’s humanitarian needs compared to 2010, when they were slow to respond. However, they are still at fault for taking a quick-fix approach rather than addressing long-term disaster prevention and resilience needs, say aid groups. full report

WEST AFRICA: Call for more coordinated approach to child protection

 DAKAR, 4 January 2012 (IRIN) - A new report on child migration in West Africa says thousands of children are being sold, exchanged or transported out of their communities each year in violation of internationally-recognized rights of the child, and calls on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to persuade governments to better protect these children. full report

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