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 - In November 2010, Côte d’Ivoire held presidential elections – a long awaited democratic step anticipated by political forces - since the war in 2002. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) and the international community accepted the results in December 2010, but violence spiraled, including in the border region with Liberia. This ...read more

 - Hurricane Sandy hit the eastern region of Cuba hard. It passed through the country on 25 October, 2012 as a category 2 Hurricane (approaching category 3) in a five hours span. Sustained winds reached 200 km/h as Sandy lashed Cuba´s second and third most populated provinces of Santiago de Cuba ...read more

 - The Republic of Malawi is among the poorest countries in the world. The country is frequently hit by disasters, with many people affected by shocks such as dry spells, flooding, crop and livestock diseases, high input prices, and unstable markets. These often result in the loss of lives, assets and ...read more

 - Présente en Guinée-Bissau depuis 1984, la FAO travaille à la lutte contre la pauvreté, et aspire à contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire du pays, par l’amélioration de la productivité agricole, la facilitation de l’accès pour tous à une alimentation en quantité et qualité suffisantes et la création des conditions d’un ...read more

 - La situation humanitaire de la population de République démocratique du Congo (RDC), principalement dans l’est (Provinces du Nord et du Sud Kivu et district de l’Ituri en Province Orientale) et le nord-est (districts du Haut-Uélé et du Bas-Uélé en Province Orientale) est encore aujourd’hui dramatique. C’est en grande partie le ...read more

 - Le Tchad est parmi les pays les plus pauvres du monde en dépit de la richesse de ses ressources naturelles. Ainsi, environ 54 pour cent des Tchadiens vivent en dessous du seuil de pauvreté, qui touche essentiellement le milieu rural où vit 87 pour cent de la population pauvre.

 - The West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) faces a protracted crisis characterized by access restrictions to natural resources (water and land), recurrent conflict, a longstanding economic food-access crisis, the breakdown of livelihoods and insufficient institutional capacity to respond. The movement of goods and people into and out of the WBGS ...read more

 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to strengthen livelihoods and increase household and community resilience before disasters through measures to avoid (prevention) or limit (mitigation) the adverse effects of hazards and provide timely and reliable hazard forecasts and early warning for early action (preparedness). FAO focuses ...read more

 - The ending of violent conict and subsequent process of democratization has opened up the political environment and enabled peace and stability to be established in Burundi. However, the most basic needs of the population remain unmet. In addition to the structural challenges faced by the rural community, there has been ...read more

 - Through its emergency and rehabilitation programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to strengthen the livelihoods and build the resilience of households and communities before disasters. This is achieved through measures to avoid (prevention) or limit (mitigation) the adverse effects of hazards and to provide ...read more