1 list of events
1.1 january
1.2 february
1.3 march
1.4 april
1.5 may
1.6 june
1.7 july
1.8 august
1.9 september
1.10 october
list of events
january
11 january saw emerging famine situation in south eastern sudan according un, ngos, eu , various charities.
the government of niger says 7,800,000 risk starvation in 2010 heavy drought , high heat hit niger, burkina faso, mali, chad , northern nigeria on both 27 , 28 january , estimated need $220,000,000 million year in food , agricultural aid. eu’s echo aid department said of signs of food shortages in niger , spreading neighbors such burkina faso, mali, chad , northern nigeria 15,000,000 estimated face chronic food shortage in niger. eu , un put out famine alert niger, burkina faso, mali, chad , northern nigeria , began appeal aid on 28th. eu, china , russia stopped giving niger aid in 2009 after president mamadou tandja defied un, eu , worldwide criticism on extending term in office.
february
the un, ngos , charities warned of heavy food insecurity in southern sudan throughout february due emerging famine , ongoing conflict between misseriya nomad in southern kordofan department. rainfall reported @ all-time low in mauritania , neighboring parts of senegal during of february , march.
the eu warns of pending sahel famine centered upon niger, burkina faso , chad on 1 february.
march
human rights watch said al qaeda should stop targeting african civilians , aid workers on 16 march.
a drought confirmed have hit parts of burkina faso on 10 march, usaid , un.
on 13 march 2010 un, ngos, eu , various charities put out famine alert parts of southern sudan.
on 15 march 2010 britain s save children charity launched appeal 840,000 nigerians confirmed in imminent risk of famine.
on 17 march 2010, famine declared in mao in chad’s sand-swept kanem region.
on 23 march 2010, major sandstorms hit mauritania, senegal, gambia, guinea bissau, guinea , inland sierra leone. hit southern algeria, inland mauritania, mali , northern côte d’ivoire @ same time.
april
during april , june, islamic relief (ir) sent aid workers north kordofan improve 16-year-old um dam , north kordofan water project (nkwp). un, ngos, charities , sudanese government reported food security major concern in south sudan , stay @ risk until rainy season in september.
by 8 april 2010, starving children , elders filled wards of hospital in akobo, sudan. several aid groups save children , medair found out 46% of children in region malnourished. u.n. blamed 2 years of failed rainfall , ongoing tribal clashes in region helping create humanitarian crisis in southern sudan. world food programme(wfp) feeding 80,000 (up 20,000 since april 2009) , u.n. says 4,300,000 people in southern sudan need food aid.
on 23 april 2010, said nigerien culture minister aminata takoubakoyea, there reported food supply deficit of 119,700 tonnes , fodder supply deficit of 16,000,000 tonnes. niger’s leading musicians , singers held charity concert in niamey assist.
may
on 1 may 2010, west african nation of chad on verge of nationwide famine drought, armed conflict, , influx of darfur refugees contributed chronic food shortage affects 2,000,000 people (20% of country s total population). various aid groups, ngos , charities said catastrophic famine hit country in near future if food relief not arrive soon. un warned famine had hit town of mao in chad s kanem region.
the city of niamey, niger took in refugees tillabéri department 12 days before, after turned hoping city them. 3 may 2010, towns of kongomé, zinder, tanout , dalli worst hit drought.
morocco gives short term cash loan both niger , mali.
ngos , charities report famine conditions kindal region on 5th.
on 12 , 26 may 2010, both mauritania, sénégal river area , neighboring parts of both senegal , mali faced both drought , famine.
on 14 may 2010, usaid issued food shortage alert kordofan states.
seven died of dehydration in ghaidi magha, mauritania, near malian border on 18 may 2010.
afrol news reported on 25 may 2,000,000 chadians @ risk of having famine occur in regions after combined effects of 2 years of drought , pestilence had ruined harvest yet again.
on 27 , 28 may 2010, mali , niger faced famine situation in northern territories. kidal, timboktu , gao had crops , livestock die off. gao’s historic nomad market had virtually no food stuffs or animal fodder in it.
31 may saw chad embroiled in fiscal controversy. 12-metre statue of horseman, rond-point de la grande armée, in capital n djamena, cost on $3,000,000. both local critics, ngos , overseas donor nations wondered money had come , thought have been better spent on buying food , irrigation equipment.
june
ngos, various charities , un warned of heavy food shortages , food insecurity in sudan s blue nile, kassala, janub darfur, south kordofan , north kordofan departments.
dehydration reported have killed 1 person in niger, while others in region @ risk of water shortages on 1 june.
severe drought caused 10,000,000 go short on eastern sahel crisis increases , local food prices surge on 3 june. niger has 7,100,00 victims, chad has 2,000,000 victims , other country have 900,000 victims in total. niger, chad, eastern parts of mali , northern cameroon have been badly affected failed rains , scorching heat, according un world food programme. wfp, plans assist 3,600,000 people in coming months , said crisis expected last @ least until next harvest in september 2010. british charity save children, launched emergency appeal niger. starving families reported either have travelled more 600 miles reach capital niamey find work and/or beg food, while others have crossed border in nigeria. similar situation occurring in chad as, desperate chadians fled southern libya. sudan , burkina faso in server food insecure situation too.
on 6 june 2010, growing famine in niger drove thousand of refugees nigerian provinces of kano , katsina states. 7,000,000 facing food shortage crisis in niger.
on 7 june malian government s warning system released estimate 258,000 people suffering malnutrition in towns of gao , kidal in april. low , erratic rainfall in 2009 had occurred in timbuktu, kidal, , gao, leading heavy regional drought. hundreds of refugees moved gao burkina faso , niger, weak starvation leave mali. un , mali s government asked developed nations food aid , financial in face of growing humanitarian crisis. amount taken in nigeria s harvest down 65,000 tonnes, whilst niger had virtually nothing take harvest.
on 8 june 2010, france food aid , european union pledged additional $28,000,000 million millions of victims in niger, chad, burkina faso, , northern nigeria. charity save children sent team aguie in niger, 850 km north east capitol niamey, set aid centre on 8th , reported on 9th 350,000 children faced severe malnutrition. on 9 june, various groups of hydrologists, geologists , scientists in sahara desert used magnetic imaging technology when looking aquifer sites drilling water wells in eastern chad. both northern mali, southern libya, southern algeria, eastern chad being examined in part of ongoing project find viable drilling region’s nations try find new water sources keep growing demand. in recent years, 300,000 refugees have arrived both war-torn sudan , ailing central african republic, straining limited water supplies. both algeria, burkina faso, mauritania, morocco, mozambique, niger have shown major interest in further development of resource lead local industry.
on 11 june 2010, un s world food organisation, oxfam , msf warned of impending famine in mali, mauritania, burkina faso, niger , northern nigeria. niger s diffa region of concern experts @ hand.
by 13 june 2010, 30% of crops failed in of niger’s provinces.
a new heat wave hit niger on 21 june, causing increased area of drought in country well. niger s crops failed , famine occurred. 350,000 faced starvation , 1,200,000 @ risk of famine according niger s government, while un said 2,000,000 chadians, 7,000,0000 nigerians , 1,000,000 other people of sahel region faced starvation , 200,000 nigerian children malnourished.
in over-heated chad, temperature reached 47.6 °c (117.7 °f) on 22 june in faya-largeau, breaking record set in 1961 @ same location. niger tied highest temperature record set in 1998, on 22 june, @ 47.1 °c in bilma. record broken next day, on 23 june when bilma hit 48.2 °c (118.8 °f). hottest temperature recorded in sudan reached on 22 june, @ 49.7 °c (121.3 °f) in dongola, breaking record set in 1987. sudan s record temperature matched on 23rd too.
on 23 june un, wfp , various humanitarian agencies requested $190,700,000 million enable them respond unfolding famine in niger. un estimates under 50% of country s 7,100,000 people risked starving death.
on 24 june government of niger admitted suffering major famine , said aid workers , ngos welcome. government of ivory coast had reported various ngos struggling control desertification , imminent drought conditions in parts of northern savanna lands. oxfam launch £7,000,000 emergency appeal try more 800,000 of vulnerable people in chad, niger , mali. 26 june saw 1,600,000 chadians facing food insecurity in bahr el gazel region, batha region, guera region, hadjer-lamis region, lac region , kanem region. 604,000 people benefiting assistance total 60% of families became victims of famine in varying degrees according un’s world food programme (wfp). chad appealed donors increased contribution international famine relief operation in chad received us$42,100,000 of pledged total of us$65,000,000, enable continue relief work , charitable activities until end of year 2010. cameroon suffered heavy desertification in savanna regions of south region, centre region, west region, northwest region , far north region.
july
this map shows nations hit 2010 sahel african famine. orange-tinted nations in immediate risk of or had famine according un/icrc or aid organisations cafod. yellow-tinted nations had heavy sandstorm, food shortages or drought, did not go far have actual famine itself.
july saw sporadic , small-scale food riots in sudan s blue nile, janub darfur, south kordofan , north kordofan departments. muslim hands charity set appeal , sent aid niger , mali in july. worst niger famine since 1984, 3,500,000 people starving.
on 6 july, methodist relief , development fund (mrdf) aid experts said more 1,500,000 nigerians @ risk of famine due month-long heat wave hovering on niger, mali, mauritania , morocco. fund of £20,000 distributed crisis-hit countries of niger, mali, burkina faso , mauritania.
the heat wave left morocco iberian peninsula on 11 july attributed regional hot air currents depart sahara desert in northern africa @ 1,000 meters in altitude. facilitated movement in hot air towards balkans , ukraine via straits of gibraltar, spain , italy. unusually hot weather reported in parts of algeria on 11 july.
on 12 july 2010, local goat farmer killed , small flock stolen chadian refugees in south darfur region of sudan. un s wfp body estimated 2,500,000 @ risk of famine breaking out in part of niger.
on 13 july, usaid funded famine warning systems network (fews net), , un warned of food supply shortage in northern sudan, increasing food insecurity focused on war torn darfur region , other neighboring areas. deteriorating security situation in conflict zone predicted reduce both productivity , peoples access local agricultural well, disrupting seasonal livestock migration. usaid/ofda provided $133,200,000 u.n. food , agriculture organization (fao) remedy crisis in 3 darfur states. concerns raised situation in chad,
three years of famine , recent sandstorms devastated niger on 14 july. diarrhoea, starvation, gastroenteritis, malnutrition , respiratory diseases kill , sicken many children. new military junta appealed international food aid , has taken serious steps call overseas since coming office in february 2010. sudan witnessed minor food rioting in southern kordofan, blue nile, , abyei profiteering locals , merchants , ugandan exporters took advantage of shortages in order heavily mark selling prices.
15 july saw more border conflicts between nuer , dinka, further hindering aid workers in southern sudan.
on 17 july, mohamed béavogui, director of western , central africa division of international fund agricultural development (ifad), called more international people of sahel, had 410,000 tons of cereals , 20,000 tons of fodder deficit. condemned world not doing enough sahel, stopped short of cheminade s idea of pumping water zaire river lake chad reinvigorate water supply , stop further shrinkage.
on 24 july, british red cross flew logistics teams bristol airport niger army , local officials transportation. relief effort has been made possible response red cross s west africa crisis appeal, aims raise £500,000. according un agencies, 200,000 children need treatment malnutrition in niger alone, oxfam put out £7,000,000 appeal cover both chad , niger.
france sent unspecified food , cash aid mali on 25 july.
on 26 july heat reached near-record levels on chad , niger, , 20 had reportedly died in northern niger of dehydration on 27 july.
27 july saw critical situation occurring in northern mali , chad. 8,000,0000 nigerians, 1,600,000 chadians , 500,000 malians on verge of major food shortage nigerian journalist tidiane kassé said tackling consequences rather causes better form of long-term region.
on 31 july, leading economists predicted food prices, wheat, rise in chad russia ends exports due domestic drought destroying wheat , barley harvests.
august
on 1 august, gadabeji, niger suffered 35 °c heat , drought. on 1 august, under 12,000,000 people in niger (approximately 80% of nation s entire population) faced food supply crisis , possibly famine conditions. tillabéri region 30 km capital, niamey, on road saharan town of timbuktu. unusually severe rainfall destroyed , rotted farmers crops. basic food stuffs maize, millet , sorghum running out in west africa s sahel. both chad , northern nigeria have similar, less severe problem.
on 3 august, burkina faso hit drought, 4,500,000 burkinans , 6,700,000 nigerians faced starvation. human rights watch (hrw) said sudanese nuer-dinka war hampering relief efforts , damaging agricultural output in parts of south sudan.
10 august saw aljazeera reporter 7,500,000 nigerians @ risk of famine , 15,000,000 face famine across sahel.
an estimated 8,000,000 people faced famine conditions in niger on 11 august. senegal , gambia sent food aid niger.
on 12 august, gianluca ferrera, deputy director un’s world food programme in niger, said malnutrition , crop failures @ record levels in 2010. food shortages affecting 12,000,000 people , 400,000 children face starvation. food prices rose 300% since crisis began , hardly 1 can afford buy remaining food.
14 august saw protests across sénégal on concerns relating ruling party’s poor governance in face of resent floods, storms , power cuts across country, along current heavy drought in senegal s sahel region.
15 august had aid workers , organizations warn of imminent nationwide famine in niger.
on 20 august, floods worst 80 years hit shale region. u.n. warned niger, chad, burkina faso, cameroon , northern nigeria in grip of worst regional food crisis since 2006. in savannah kano, nigeria, on 2,000 families displaced floods , in nearby jigawa region, entire village evacuated due heavy flooding. in mauritania, flood damaged bridges , many homes in mountain town of aioun. heavy flooding occurring around parts of lake chad.
most international aid agencies withdraw workers due regional kidnapping crisis. niger s government spokesman mahamane lawali danda told bbc pullout came surprise since no 1 had told government niger on list of dangerous kidnapper infested pariah states, along chad, darfur , sudan. mauritania , mali not on list of dangerous nations, despite several al-qaeda lead kidnappings during 2009.
the u.n. warned of mass starvation in niger , chad , oxfam said people in region surviving on leaves , berries picked in wild. 8,000,000 said near starvation both organisation. un estimated 7,800,000 nigeriens affected heavy food shortages. cafod set £100,000 aid programme on 21 august.
25 august had french aid worker kidnapped in chad. kidnapping of foreigners along chad–darfur border became more frequent in 2009. french ngo worker taken , murdered on 29 october 2009, , unidentified red cross worker captured on 10 november 2009. many ngos , charities had started restrict areas covered aid work in niger, chad , sudan, due ever-present risk of bandits , kidnapers.
on 28 august, charities , ngos put out food shortage alerts niger. heavy rain falls on border of car , chad.
31 august saw 7,900,000 of niger s 15,300,000 people in immediate risk of starvation , gordon brown mp making plans $100,000 charity speech on development of irrigation , water schemes increase cultivable land niger , chad. quoted have said in interview that:
but, today, there suffering without hope, can prevent children dying painful, avoidable deaths .
on 31 august sudan s army reported 3 russian helicopter crew members had been abducted gunmen in nyala, capital of south darfur, hours after samaritan s purse aid worker flavia wagner had been kidnapped 18 may set free. taken south darfurian village of abu ajura, along 2 sudanese colleagues freed after week. governor of south darfur, abdel hamid kasha, sudan foreign ministry spokesman moawiya osman , samaritan s purse’s leader franklin graham, , russian ambassador chad welcomed flavia’s release, condemned kidnap of 3 russians , of 2 jordanian unamid police advisers in darfur, on 14th. russian helicopter pilot taken prisoner 4 days after landing in south darfur take rebels spokesmen chad alleged peace talks.
september
on 1 september, aid agencies , ngos called aid given niger 7,000,000 faced starvation.
4 september had cholera outbreaks kill 41 in chad , 1 in nigeria.
8 september saw chinese cgc overseas construction co. ltd. oil worker kidnapped in bahai inside chad , took him sharq al-teyna, in sudan’s darfur region.
on 13 september prem rawat foundation gave $30,000 loan pay niger buy food aid children of nomadic tribal groups.
on 14 september heavy rainfall in central , southern chad raised hopes major drought in africa s sahel region on 2011. 10,000,000 near starvation in sahel. un’s wfp had estimated chad needs 100,000 metric tonnes of food aid, had received 70,000 metric tonnes far. of chadian need sell more cereal crops make enough money repay huge debts. farmers according jean francois caremel of action against hunger charity branch in chad. both chad , niger faced improving situation due heavy rain fall on these countries, major famine still unfolding in other countries of west africa s dry sahelian region
15 september had sudanese , chadian forces jointly searching both chinese oil industry engineer taken on 8th , chinese aid worker kidnapped same town on morning of 15th. both chinese ambassidor chad, chadian government , solidarity action peace , development ngo condemned kidnappings. chinese hostage released in dafur on 17th.
18 , 19 september in hadejia, nigeria, flood victims sleep wherever can, men search dry spots on roads while women , children keep piling houses still standing huge number of displaced people have returned flood-hit villages in northern nigeria. on 2 million people affected flood waters , more 50,000 families still wandering homeless. residential areas of kararar rima village destroyed in flood. of houses made of clay, easy dissolved in flood water. rains fell end of pending famine looked close.
october
the famine relieved, floods hit ghana, niger, nigeria , benin in october 2010. cotonou’s residents in benin had board canoes, on 9th due severe flooding. according un, 680,000 people homeless while more 300,000 acres of crops had been destroyed , 81,000 livestock killed. flooding began in mid-september when heavy rains caused niger river in benin s north overflow , break banks. rainfall continued across country.
heavy rains caused collapse of damaged dam in ghana , displaced more 700,000 people.
Comments
Post a Comment