DJIBOUTI: Efforts to contain soaring food prices and drought
Djibouti is toimplement emergency measures to ensure food security amid soaring prices andpersistent drought that have particularly hurt the poor...
DJIBOUTI: Rains boost pastoral lands but rising food costs threaten food security for many
Food availability has improved in most inland pastoral areas of Djibouti where the July to September rains performed well, the Food Early Warning...
DJIBOUTI: Clean water for 25,000 people
In a bid to alleviate the problem of perennial water scarcity among poor residents of rural Djibouti, aid donors, the government and a United Nations...
DJIBOUTI: Buses take vaccinations to the people
Saada Idriss rushed to board the bus but she was preoccupied with the task at hand vaccinating as many children as possible in two days. Saada, head...
DJIBOUTI: Pastoralists hit by delayed rains
Pastoralists in inland areas of Djibouti are finding it increasingly difficult to feed themselves as livestock conditions deteriorate because of the...
DJIBOUTI: Cholera outbreak in northwest under control
An outbreak of cholera that left five people dead in two villages in the Tadjourah region of northwestern Djibouti has been contained, an official...
DJIBOUTI: Government declares drought in pastoral zones
The Djibouti government has declared a drought in the inland pastoral zones that have witnessed a prolonged dry spell since October. The...
DJIBOUTI: Malnutrition a silent emergency - UNICEF
Malnutrition among children younger than five is a silent emergency in Djibouti, where a survey conducted in 2006 showed malnutrition rates well...
AFRICA: Two in five African children work - ILO
The African continent has the world’s highest rate of child labour, with two in five children in sub-Saharan Africa engaged in some form of work, the...