Chad
NIGER-CHAD: Is sustainable agriculture possible in the Sahel?
April 16, 2012
MAO 16 April 2012 (IRIN) – With drought conditions chronic in the Sahel, many farmers give up trying to grow crops and head to towns and cities to find work. In Chad many go to the south or to Lake Chad where irrigation from the fast-shrinking lake is used to farm. But some agro-e…
IRIN – Chad
CHAD: Fighting malnutrition with “dysfunctional” health sector
March 20, 2012
MAO 19 March 2012 (IRIN) – Hovering at around 20 percent in some places, Kanem Region in western Chad is well-known for having some of the world’s highest continual severe acute malnutrition rates. “Emergency” aid agency malnutrition responses have continued year on year sin…
IRIN – Chad
CHAD: Alarm rung late, food running out
March 14, 2012
MAO 13 March 2012 (IRIN) – Late Chadian government recognition of a food crisis, a slow build-up from aid agencies, and severe pipeline constraints due to closed Libyan and Nigerian borders mean food aid has not yet arrived in Chad, despite many thousands of people having already …
IRIN – Chad
NIGERIA-CHAD: Migrants fleeing Boko Haram violence await aid
March 7, 2012
BOL (CHAD) 06 March 2012 (IRIN) – Some 1,000 Chadian migrants – most of them children separated from their families – are waiting for aid in the village of N’Gbouboua in the Lac region of western Chad having fled Boko Haram-related violence in Nigeria, according to the Internati…
IRIN – Chad
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC-CHAD: Military offensive creating humanitarian problems
February 28, 2012
BANGUI 28 February 2012 (IRIN) – A joint military offensive between the armed forces of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad to oust Chad’s Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR) rebel movement from its stronghold in parts of north-central CAR is hampering operations …
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CHAD: Why polio is so hard to eliminate
January 31, 2012
DAKAR 31 January 2012 (IRIN) – Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio immunization coverage are helping the polio virus to spread in Chad, with 132 cases reported in 2011 – five times the number in 2010. More commitment is needed across the board, espe…
IRIN – Chad
AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012
January 13, 2012
WASHINGTON 12 January 2012 (IRIN) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitious wish-list of priorities for Africa that would give the continent a stronger global voice, boost democracy and encourage peace and security….
IRIN – Chad
AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012
January 13, 2012
WASHINGTON 12 January 2012 (IRIN) – The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitious wish-list of priorities for Africa that would give the continent a stronger global voice, boost democracy and encourage peace and security….
IRIN – Chad
DISASTERS: New risk index helps identify vulnerability
December 3, 2011
JOHANNESBURG 05 September 2011 (IRIN) – A new disaster risk index launched by the UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security in Bonn could help donors and aid organizations better understand why some countries are more at risk of calamity than others, and shape the…
IRIN – Chad
CHAD-NIGER: Lean season awaits migrants escaping Libya
December 3, 2011
AGADEZ/NIAMEY/DAKAR 20 September 2011 (IRIN) – While the world’s politicians conjure up fears of a “tsunami of migrants” flooding Europe, in reality it is Libya’s economically vulnerable and chronically food-insecure neighbours Niger and Chad that are struggling to cope wi…
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