Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso At A Glance
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Directing HQ: Action Against Hunger - France
Launch Date: 2009
Beneficiaries (2009): 210,457 people
Institutional Funders: ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid)
Launch Date: 2009
Beneficiaries (2009): 210,457 people
Institutional Funders: ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid)
Press Contact
Christina Lionnet
Chargé de communication, ACF-France
clionnet@actioncontrelafaim.org
Direct: + 33 1 43 35 82 37
Chargé de communication, ACF-France
clionnet@actioncontrelafaim.org
Direct: + 33 1 43 35 82 37
Independent since August 5th, 1960, Burkina Faso has known a political instability these last few years, arousing suspicion on the part of its neighbors. As of press day, the country is unified, institutions are in place and civil society occupies an important place in directing development which aided by several international partners.
Field Updates | Burkina Faso
Sahel Food Crisis: 10 Leading Aid Agencies Call for Urgent 'Surge' in Aid for 10 Million Hungry People
July 8, 2010
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NEW YORK, NY— Ten leading aid agencies today called for a 'surge' in the humanitarian effort to help 10 million people at risk of acute hunger across the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. The center of the crisis is Niger, where seven million people, almost half the population, have not enough food. » Read more |
Flooding in Burkina Faso Leaves Tens of Thousands Homeless
September 14, 2009
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso—International humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International has mounted an emergency response after the heaviest rainfall in almost a century destroyed major parts of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. » Read more |
