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Djibouti women and children in the spotlight

UNICEF’s Regional Director, Sigrid Kaag, concludes 3-day visit Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa has concluded a three-day visit to Djibouti. During her trip Kaag met with the President of the Republic, HE. Ismael O. Guelleh, several members of the cabinet, representatives of NGOs, local associations and communities. Located at the Southern entrance to the Red Sea, Djibouti shares a border with Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea. In Djibouti, extreme...

DJIBOUTI: Efforts to contain soaring food prices and drought

Djibouti is to implement emergency measures to ensure food security amid soaring prices and persistent drought that have particularly hurt the poor across the Horn of Africa country, the government said. The strategies include continued price controls, diversification of food supply sources and increased financing for the agricultural sector. Water infrastructure will be developed along with strategies to address the impact of climate change. Food aid will also be provided for...

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 Systems network (FEWS net) reported. Both pasture and water were sufficiently available in these inland areas, and livestock body conditions were improving. As a result, milk availability increased and child malnutrition rates were likely to improve temporarily.   However, said FEWS net, some local pockets of extremely food insecure...

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 agency are backing a project to provide clean drinking water to an estimated 25,000 people. Djibouti, a semi-desert state in the Horn of Africa, experiences frequent drought and most of its water supply is derived from ground water sources, which most poor rural communities have difficulty accessing. The new project, to be completed in...