DOCSLIB.ORG

State of Food Security in Burkina Faso Fews Net Update for August-September, 2001 September 27, 2001

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
State of Food Security in Burkina Faso Fews Net Update for August-September, 2001 September 27, 2001 The USAID Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET) (Réseau USAID du Système d’Alerte Précoce contre la Famine) 01 BP 1615 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso, West Africa Tel/Fax: 226-31-46-74. Email: [email protected] STATE OF FOOD SECURITY IN BURKINA FASO FEWS NET UPDATE FOR AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 2001 SEPTEMBER 27, 2001 SUMMARY Both food availability and access conditions improved significantly throughout the country from mid-August to September 20, thanks in part to the delivery of 5,000 MT of food aid from Libya and the availability of early-planted crops, such as maize, cowpeas, and groundnuts. Except for the Sahel Region, most households have been enjoying access to fresh produce from their fields. Consequently, food security conditions in most localities were significantly better than in the past several months. Even without early-maturing crops, households in the Sahel Region were not likely to suffer much from food insecurity, owing to good rains that sustained bountiful pastures and provided adequate water to meet the needs of the livestock. With healthy animals at hand, milk and meat became available to most livestock-owning households who could also exchange some of their animals for cereal on local markets with no problems. Thus, relatively good security conditions have prevailed throughout the country. To date, the growing season appears to be performing well. As rains remained steady and adequate throughout the period, most crops reached the advanced stage of grain filling/maturation as of mid-September. In the South and Southwest areas, sources from the Ministry of Agriculture even reported that a number of crops, such as maize, cowpeas, groundnuts, and ignames were already ready for consumption. Elsewhere throughout the country, maize, which people consider a “relief crop” until the main staple cereals are available, was also ripe enough for consumption. During the period under review, most agricultural activities, which consist mainly of the final of round weeding, were virtually complete. In the agro-pastoral areas, especially in the North and Sahel Regions, green pastures were abundant while most rivers, dams, streams, ponds, and other water points were refilled to capacity. There were no major diseases or feeding problems to report. All these conditions augured well for agro-pastoral activities and livelihoods. Thanks to the good rains, which continue to fall, most crops should be ready for consumption or harvest by mid-October. The next two to three weeks remain critical, 1 however, given that most crops have reached the very sensitive grain- filling/maturation stage, which cannot tolerate any major physiological stress, however short. Thus, this brief period will greatly influence the level of crop production from the 2001/02 agricultural season. But no matter happens with the rains, knowledgeable sources believe that this year’s production is likely to exceed the level of production reached last year. 1. Current Food Security Conditions 1.1. Food Availability Food availability continued to be satisfactory during the period extending from mid- August through September 20. As a result, no major food shortages or similar difficulties were reported in Burkina Faso. Most major markets remained well supplied in cereals and other food commodities. At the household level, food security conditions have improved because early-maturing of maize and groundnut crops are available in most localities, except for the Sahel Region, where these crops are not usually grown. In some areas, especially in the South-West zone (Hauts-Bassins), sources from the Ministry of Agriculture observed that a number of crops, such as maize, groundut, cowpea, and ignames, already have reached maturity. To some extent, these crops have become a major source of relief for low-income families facing seasonal hunger during the past several months. During the period under review, the country benefited from two major food donations. The first donation, from Libya, consisted of 5,000 MT of rice and maize valued at 700 million CFA francs. The second donation, estimated at 100 MT of unspecified food aid, was recently granted by Saudi Arabia, but is not yet available for distribution. The donation from Libya came in late August and the distribution has already begun in a number of provinces or localities. As of mid-September, provinces that benefited from such free food distribution included Oubritenga, Ganzourgou, Namentenga, Table 1. Localities that Benefited from Libyan Food Aid as of Mid-September 2001 Amount of Food Aid Province Number and Type of Beneficiaries Received in MT Boulkiemde 100 16 women’s associations Ganzourgou 50 Over 100 women’s associations Kouritenga 50 9 women’s associations Kourwéogo 50 163 women’s associations Namentenga 100 160 women’s associations Oubritenga 50 275 women’s associations (with a total of 17,204 members) Passoré 70 Rural associations (number unknown) Total 470 Source: Ministry of Agriculture 2 Kouritenga, Kourweogo, Boulkiemde, and Passoré (Table 1). Other provinces were still waiting to receive their share, including Sanguié, Sourou, Nayala, Yatenga, Lorum, Zandoma, Seno, and Soum. This food aid, along with the arrival of fresh produce from the fields, has contributed to easing the soudure (or hungry period) during the past several months in several localities. Consequently, food availability conditions in this period were quite satisfactory and even better than in previous periods. 1.2. Food Accessibility Conditions Prices of millet and sorghum in key markets are falling off, indicating that average households are likely enjoying relative improvements in their access to food. Using prices of millet and sorghum, the major staple crops (millet prices in Kaya were not available), Figures 1 and 2 show that prices in most major markets have started to decline or level off as of mid-September. This downward trend in prices has occurred because fresh produce, such as maize, peanut, and cowpeas, are becoming available for many households across the country. In addition, thanks to the food aid program that provided free or subsidized food in a number of localities, fewer people relied on the market for their food supplies for their livelihood. The resulting lesser reliance on the market for food caused prices to drop or level off as is being observed in Bobo-Centre, Dedougou, Ouagadougou, Fada N’Gourma, and Kaya. The only exception is Dori, where prices for millet and sorghum continued to rise. Without offsetting increases in household income as prices rise, the greater the hardships average households are likely to face in accessing food. At least two factors have contributed to this situation in Dori. First, as the season progressed through the hungry period, national cereal availability declined, making less food available for domestic marketing, even at major redistribution centers such as Ouagadougou, which normally supplies Dori with cereals and other food commodities. In addition, local traders probably did not bring in enough food to meet the consistently high demand, owing to the poor harvests from previous season. Poor road conditions in the Sahel Region have also hampered deliveries to Dori and surrounding areas, where prices are now the highest of the major markets. Another explanation for the rising prices is that Dori and the surrounding areas in the Sahel Region do not offer the right environment for growing the so-called relief crops, such as maize, groundnuts, and cowpeas. As a result, these areas usually experience higher prices for longer periods as most average households there rely more on the market for their daily food staple consumption. Unfortunately, no major food aid distributions or sales were reported during the period. In spite of this rising price trend, the favorable agro-pastoral conditions so far in the Sahel Region (abundant water, forage, milk, along with relatively high prices for most livestock) suggest that average households there should not face major problems in accessing food through the local markets. 3 Figure 1. Nominal Millet Prices in Key Markets as of September 20, 2001 250 200 150 CFA Francs /kg100 50 Bobo-Centre Dori Ouahigouya Ouagadougou Kaya Figure 2. Nominal Sorghum Prices in Key Markets as of September 20, 2001 250 Jun-01 Jul-01 Aug-01 Sep-01 200 Avg 96-00 150 CFA Francs/ kg 100 50 Bobo-Centre Dori Ouahigouya Ouagadougou Kaya FEWS NET/ Burkina Faso Source: SIM Meanwhile in the rest of the country, maize, cowpea, and groundnut crops have started becoming available for most rural households, a factor that explains why food commodity prices across most major markets tended to decline or level off. Overall, food access conditions during the period under review were satisfactory and improved over previous months. 4 1.3. Response Planning Update With the recent donation of food from Libya (5,000 MT) and Saudi Arabia (100 MT) along with food aid stocks from other donors, the government has begun its third round of food assistance to people in areas that were hardest hit by high food insecurity. This assistance is scheduled to continue through October or until most planted crops are ready for consumption. FEWS NET will continue updating on this joint effort initiated several months ago by the government and most partners in Burkina Faso. 2. National Trends: Hazard Information 2.1. Epidemic Threats In September, Ministry of Health sources revealed that cholera had suddenly erupted in the southeast localities of Bittou and Cinkansé near the Togolese border. Travelers
Load more

Recommended publications
  • BURKINA FASO: FLOODS 31 August 2007
    DREF Bulletin No. MDRBF004 GLIDE no. FL-2007-000132-BFA BURKINA FASO: FLOODS 31 August 2007 The Federation’s mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world’s largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 185 countries. In Brief This DREF Bulletin is being issued based on the situation described below reflecting the information available at this time. CHF 126,065 (USD 104,705 or EUR 76,403) has been allocated from the Federation’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to respond to the needs in this operation. This operation is expected to be implemented over one month, and will be completed by 30 September 2007; a Final Report will be made available three months after the end of the operation. Unearmarked funds to repay DREF are encouraged. <Click here to go directly to the attached map> For longer-term programmes, please refer to the Federation’s Annual Appeal. Background and current situation Heavy rains, recorded in several parts of Burkina Faso since the beginning of August 2007, have led to floods which have marooned villages, washed away livelihoods and caused extensive damage to houses and infrastructure. Photo right: Floodwater has covered and marooned entire villages, rendering them inaccessible and destroying houses. In the department of Bama (an agro-pastoral area located 30 kilometres from Bobo Dioulasso, the economic capital of Burkina), about 1,035 households (9,832 people) have been displaced after their houses were destroyed by the raging waters. The displaced people are currently accommodated in schools and tents put at the disposal of the Bobo Dioulasso branch of the Burkinabe Red Cross Society (BRCS).
    [Show full text]
  • Burkina Faso Pilot December 2020
    OVERVIEW Burkina Faso Pilot December 2020 Estimated number of people per phase Summary in the three assessed provinces4 Of the three analysed provinces,1 water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) severity Phase 5 (Catastrophic) 32,363 was highest in Gourma, which was classified as WASH Severity Classification (WSC) Phase 4 (Critical). The provinces of Houet and Séno were classified in Phase Phase 4 (Critical) 1,423,671 3 (Crisis). The analysis shows that more than half (58%) the population of the analysed provinces is in Phase 3, Crisis (38%) or in Phase 4, Critical (20%). More than Phase 3 (Crisis) 2,735,158 32,000 people were classified as being in Phase 5, Catastrophic (0.5%). This situation is mostly due to a chronic lack of investment in infrastructure, mainly in water 2 Phase 2 (Stressed) 3,012,530 services. With the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the north-east of the country and the resulting displacement of people, this infrastructure is under Phase 1 (None/minimal) 5,901 even greater pressure and waiting times at water points are very long, limiting the ability of households to collect sufficient water for all uses.3 Séno Gourma Houet WASH Severity Classif ication Phase 4 (Critical) Phase 3 (Crisis) Not covered 1 00 Km Map 1: WASH Severity Classification, Burkina Faso, December 2020 Methodology pertaining to different areas of the WSC driving the situation, all of which are Analytical Framework were identified, presented in this report. Future WSC The results presented in this report come reviewed, and pre-processed for analysis. exercises are expected to be implemented from the WSC’s second pilot exercise, Data was collated from a range of sources, at a nationwide scale.
    [Show full text]
  • For the Bwamu Language
    SOCIOLINGUISTIC SURVEY REPORT FOR THE BWAMU LANGUAGE WRITTEN BY: JOHN AND CAROL BERTHELETTE SIL International 2001 2 Contents 0 Introduction and Goals of the Survey 1 General Information 1.1 Language Name and Classification 1.2 Language Location 1.3 Population 1.4 Accessibility and Transport 1.4.1 Roads: Quality and Availability 1.4.2 Public Transport Systems 1.4.3 Trails 1.5 Religious Adherence 1.5.1 Spiritual Life 1.5.2 Christian Work in the Area 1.5.3 Language Use Parameters within Church Services 1.6 Schools/Education. 1.6.1 Types, Sites, and Size of Schools 1.6.2 Literacy Activities 1.6.3 Attitude toward the Vernacular 1.7 Facilities and Economics 1.7.1 Supply Needs 1.7.2 Medical Needs 1.7.3 Governmental Facilities in the Area 1.8 Traditional Culture 1.8.1 History 1.8.2 Attitude toward Culture 1.8.3 Contact with Other Cultures 1.9 Linguistic Work in the Language Area 1.9.1 Work Accomplished in the Past 1.9.2 Present Work 1.9.3 Materials Published in the Language 2 Methodology 2.1 Sampling on the Macro Level 2.2 Lexicostatistic Survey 2.3 Dialect Intelligibility Survey 2.4 Questionnaires 2.5 Bilingualism Testing in Jula 3 Comprehension and Lexicostatistical Data (between villages) 3.1 Reported Dialect Groupings 3.2 Results of the Recorded Text Tests 3.3 Percentage Chart of Apparent Cognates 3.4 Areas for Further Study 3 4 Multilingual Issues 4.1 Language Use Description 4.1.1 Children’s Language Use 4.1.2 Adult Language Use 4.2 Results of the Jula Bilingualism Test 4.3 Language Attitudes 4.4 Summary 5 Recommendations Appendix 1 Population Statistics 2 A Word List of Dialects in the Southern Bwamu Region (section 3.3) Bibliographical Resources 1 References 2 Other Materials about Bwamu 3 Materials Published in the Language 4 Contacts for Further Information 4 Bwamu Survey Report 0 Introduction and Goals of the Survey This paper concerns the results of a sociolinguistic survey conducted by John and Carol Berthelette, Béatrice Tiendrebeogo, Dieudonné Zawa, Assounan Ouattara, and Soungalo Coulibaly.
    [Show full text]
  • Burkina Faso
    Burkina Faso: June – October 2018 Chronology of Violent Incidents Related to Al-Qaeda affiliates Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) and Ansaroul Islam, and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) November 1st , 2018 By Rida Lyammouri Disclaimer: This report was compiled from open-source documents, social media, news reports, and local participants. 2016-2018 Sahel MeMo LLC All Rights Reserved. Burkina Faso: June – October 2018 Takeaways and Trends • Militants activity in Burkina Faso have been on the rise for the past two years. Since June 2018 Sahel MeMo observed similar trend with an expansion from Northern parts bordering Mali and Niger, to the Est Region on the borders with Benin, Niger, and Togo. Militant groups have been trying to establish a base there since early 2016, explaining groups’ ability to carry complex deadly attacks, including the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). • Violence in the eastern part of Burkina Faso by militant groups most likely to continue. In addition to targeting security forces and intimidation acts against civil servants, militants will look to continue to disrupt gold mining in the area. In fact, security forces in charge of protecting gold mines or escorting staff have been subject to attacks by militants at least in August 2018. If this to continue, livelihoods of local communities benefiting from gold mining could be at risk if security situation continues to deteriorate in the region. • These attacks are mostly attributed rather than claimed by militant groups known to operate in Burkina Faso. These militant groups include Ansaroul Islam, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen (JNIM), and Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS).
    [Show full text]
  • BULLETIN-May-20.Pdf (1.624Mb)
    AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA اﻻت حاداﻹف ري قي ACSRT/CAERT African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism Centre Africain d’Etudes et de Recherche sur le Terrorisme THE MONTHLY AFRICA TERRORISM BULLETIN 1st– 31st May 2020 Edition No: 05 ABOUT AFRICA TERRORISM BULLETIN In line with its mandate to assist African Union (AU) Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) to build their Counter-Terrorism capacities and to prevent Violent Extremism, the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) has developed tools that enable it to collect, analyse, process and disseminate information on terrorism-related incidents occurring in Africa. One of the products of this effort is the monthly Africa Terrorism Bulletin (ATB) that is published by the Centre. The ATB seeks to keep AU Member State Policymakers, Researchers, Practitioners and other stakeholders in the fields of Counter-Terrorism (CT) and the Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE), updated fortnightly, on the trends of terrorism on the Continent. Notwithstanding the lack of a universally accepted common definition of Terrorism, the AU, in its 1999 OAU CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF TERRORISM, Article 1 paragraph 3, (a) and (b), and Article 3, defines what constitutes a Terrorist Act. The ACSRT and therefore the ATB defer to this definition. © African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) 2020. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without full attribution.
    [Show full text]
  • Disaster Needs Analysis Mali
    Disaster Needs Analysis Displacement caused by ongoing conflict has further put pressure on the fragile food security situation in Mali and neighbouring countries (Niger, Burkina Faso, Mauritania). Mali - March 2012 Conflict between the Malian armed forces and Tuareg rebels under the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) has displaced more than 150’000 Date of publication: 13.03.2012 within and outside Mali. The largest number of refugees has been registered in Prepared by: ACAPS, Geneva Mauritania. Conflict between Tuareg rebels and the Government of Mali characterizes Nature of the crisis: Food Insecurity & Displacement pastoral sedentary relations. About this document: This desk study presents estimations of scale, severity and likely impact of a disaster. It aims to inform decision making for preparedness and emergency response. Information has been collected through a review of secondary data, contact with the field and lessons learnt from past similar crises. The DNA is intended to complement and integrate assessment-related data from other agencies. Feedback to improve the DNA is welcome ([email protected]). ECB and ACAPS thank agencies and NGOs who have shared data and analysis. Disclaimer: Information provided is provisional as it has not been possible to independently verify field reports. As this report covers highly dynamic subject, utility of the information may decrease with time. Please use the most recent update. References: Please note that the underlined citations have a hyperlink to the web source and that an accompanying glossary is available here. Crisis Overview Current estimates indicate that over 3 million Malians are food insecure. Ongoing drought compounded by conflict has resulted in serious food insecurity, malnutrition and displacement.
    [Show full text]
  • Burkina Faso Food Security Update: October 25, 2000 Highlights
    Burkina Faso Food Security Update: October 25, 2000 Informed sources predict a major crop production deficit of about 280,000 MT this year, while people in some localities are already calling for help. Highlights Basic food commodities remained available throughout the country as of mid-October. Most reference markets continued to be adequately supplied with cereal and pulses. Prices in most localities appeared to be fairly stable and lower than prices in previous seasons. Nevertheless, farmers and traders in some localities are holding on to their grain stocks instead of selling. As a result, prices are climbing in areas where the outcome of the growing season hangs in the balance. In Yatenga Province, for instance, it is reported that 25,000 people from Kalsaka and Rambo are already experiencing serious hardships in meeting their daily consumption needs already. In the better-off areas, however, early-maturing crops are becoming available, hence helping to reduce household dependence on the market for their daily food needs. Most of September through early October was characterized by sparse and poorly distributed rainfall. Moreover, the rains abruptly — and prematurely — stopped in early October. Even in areas where crops were able to reach maturity, severe attacks on the crops by birds and pests are already reducing the prospects for a good harvest in some localities. Consequently, a major production shortfall is likely to occur this year, an assessment that is clearly corroborated by satellite imagery as well as by findings from recent field trips. According to informed sources, the projected cereal production deficit could be as high as 280,000 MT.
    [Show full text]
  • Of Burkina Faso
    zoosystema 2020 42 28 List of amphibian species (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda) of Burkina Faso Halamoussa Joëlle AYORO, Gabriel Hoinsoudé SEGNIAGBETO, Emmanuel Midibahaye HEMA, Johannes PENNER, Adama OUEDA, Alain DUBOIS, Mark-Oliver RÖDEL, Gustave Boureima KABRÉ & Annemarie OHLER art. 42 (28) — Published on 5 November 2020 www.zoosystema.com DIRECTEUR DE LA PUBLICATION / PUBLICATION DIRECTOR : Bruno David Président du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle RÉDACTRICE EN CHEF / EDITOR-IN-CHIEF : Laure Desutter-Grandcolas ASSISTANTE DE RÉDACTION / ASSISTANT EDITORS : Anne Mabille ([email protected]) MISE EN PAGE / PAGE LAYOUT : Fariza Sissi COMITÉ SCIENTIFIQUE / SCIENTIFIC BOARD : James Carpenter (AMNH, New York, États-Unis) Maria Marta Cigliano (Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentine) Henrik Enghoff (NHMD, Copenhague, Danemark) Rafael Marquez (CSIC, Madrid, Espagne) Peter Ng (University of Singapore) Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France) Jean-François Silvain (IRD, Gif-sur-Yvette, France) Wanda M. Weiner (Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracovie, Pologne) John Wenzel (The Ohio State University, Columbus, États-Unis) COUVERTURE / COVER : Ptychadena pumilio (Boulenger, 1920). Photo: Halamoussa Joëlle Ayoro. Zoosystema est indexé dans / Zoosystema is indexed in: – Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch®) – ISI Alerting Services® – Current Contents® / Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Sciences® – Scopus® Zoosystema est distribué en version électronique par / Zoosystema is distributed electronically by: – BioOne® (http://www.bioone.org)
    [Show full text]
  • Fichier Des Localites Des Hauts-Bassins ------Principaux Resultats Par Provinces Et Communes
    BURKINA FASO REGION DES HAUTS-BASSINS FICHIER DES LOCALITES DES HAUTS-BASSINS ------------------------- PRINCIPAUX RESULTATS PAR PROVINCES ET COMMUNES Septembre 2007 Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD) Direction régionale des Hauts-Bassins BP 2661 Bobo-Dioulasso Tel : 20 98 47 30 Fax : 20 98 38 84 LISTE DES TABLEAUX Tableau 1: Répartition des villages et des populations par commune et par province Tableau 2: Répartition de la population par province et selon le milieu de résidence Tableau 3: Répartition des villages par commune et par province selon l'accessibilité (existence ou distance) à un centre d'état civil Tableau 4: Répartition par commune et par province des villages selon l'habitude des déclarations à l'état civil des différents évènements démographiques Tableau 5: Répartition des villages par communes et provinces selon l'existence et la destination habituelle des émigrants temporaires Tableau 6: Répartition des villages selon la durée d'émigration des travailleurs temporaires Tableau 7: Répartion des villages selon la durée d'émigration et la destination habituelle Tableau 8: Répartition des villages selon la provenance des immigrés travailleurs temporaires Tableau 9: Répartition des villages selon la durée de séjour des travailleurs immigrés Tableau 10: Répartition des villages selon les secteurs d'activités où exercent les travailleurs immigrés Tableau 11: Répartition des villages selon la fréquence d'activité des organisations communautaires Tableau 12: Répartition des villages par commune et
    [Show full text]
  • Plan D'action
    Handicap International – Federal Information – Burkina Faso Country Card – 2016 04 - EN Burkina Faso 2016 MANDATE In Burkina Faso, the main aim of Handicap International is to positively impact the lives of disabled and vulnerable people through risk reduction and disability prevention, improving access to services and development for a more inclusive society. SITUATION Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries on the planet. After 27 years in power, Blaise Compaore was forced to resign in October 2014 following a popular uprising. In December 2015, Roch Marc Kaboré was elected President for a five- year term. These events have stunted growth in the country, which the IMF estimates will be 5%1 for 2015, down 1-2 points. According to the latest national census,2 people with disabilities make up 1.2% of the country's population. This figure falls well short of the WHO estimates3 which consider that people with disabilities make up 13.9% of the population of Burkina Faso. These figures would put the number of Burkinabes in disabling situations in 2016 at almost 2 million. The national census figures also report that an estimated 85.5% of people with disabilities in Burkina Faso have received no education and 56.5% of Burkinabes with disabilities are not engaged in any professional activity. In Burkina Faso, 20% of children still have no access to basic education and 72.6% of children with disabilities are not in education. INITIAL ACTIONS Burkina Faso was the location of Handicap International’s first mission in West Africa. The organisation launched its first operation in 1990 to convert an orthopaedic-fitting centre initially designed for use by veterans into the National Orthopaedic-Fitting Centre (open to the whole population), in partnership with the Ministry of Public Health.
    [Show full text]
  • Monthly Africa Terrorism Bulletin-May 2020
    AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINE UNIÃO AFRICANA اﻻت حاداﻹف ري قي ACSRT/CAERT African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism Centre Africain d’Etudes et de Recherche sur le Terrorisme THE MONTHLY AFRICA TERRORISM BULLETIN 1st– 31st May 2020 Edition No: 05 ABOUT AFRICA TERRORISM BULLETIN In line with its mandate to assist African Union (AU) Member States, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Regional Mechanisms (RMs) to build their Counter-Terrorism capacities and to prevent Violent Extremism, the African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) has developed tools that enable it to collect, analyse, process and disseminate information on terrorism-related incidents occurring in Africa. One of the products of this effort is the monthly Africa Terrorism Bulletin (ATB) that is published by the Centre. The ATB seeks to keep AU Member State Policymakers, Researchers, Practitioners and other stakeholders in the fields of Counter-Terrorism (CT) and the Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE), updated fortnightly, on the trends of terrorism on the Continent. Notwithstanding the lack of a universally accepted common definition of Terrorism, the AU, in its 1999 OAU CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND COMBATING OF TERRORISM, Article 1 paragraph 3, (a) and (b), and Article 3, defines what constitutes a Terrorist Act. The ACSRT and therefore the ATB defer to this definition. © African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT) 2020. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without full attribution.
    [Show full text]
  • 2677 Public Disclosure Authorized
    _______wisJs?? POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 2677 Public Disclosure Authorized Can Local Institutions Can local institutions take a lead role in reducing poverty? Reduce Poverty? In the past the answer would have been an emphatic no. Public Disclosure Authorized Decentralization Localinstitutions have Rural traditionally been a blind spot in Burkina Faso for nationalgovernments and international development Paula Donnelly-Roark agencies.But high- Karim Ouedraogo performinglocal institutions in Xiao Ye BurkinaFaso have reduced poverly and inequality. Can this model of rural Public Disclosure Authorized decentralization spark a reinvention of development models acrossAfrica, using indigenous development institutions to reduce poverty and promote equitable growvth? Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Africa Region Environment and Social Development Unit September 2001 IPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER 2677 Summary findings Donnelly-Roark, Ouedraogo, and Ye present evidence * Internal participation is essential for SAMs to that in Burkina Faso certain high-performing local function. Only locally anchored participation can power institutions contribute to equitable economic the realignments and institutional revisions needed to development. They link reduced levels of poverty and scale up development action. inequality to a high degree of internal village SAMs and other local institutions have launched their organization. The structure of these high-performing communities on equitable growth paths and are reducing local organizations means they can exist in a number of poverty with little or no outside assistance, despite severe African countries because they depend more on internal resource constraints. Their impact could be enormous if participation rather than on any one country's cultural external development resources augmented their assets. The authors find that: potential.
    [Show full text]