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18 July 2012 - 5:54pmMali, in West Africa, is facing severe humanitarian challenges and multiple crises after enjoying relative stability for many years. Hundreds of thousands of children are at risk of malnutrition, a third of the population needs assistance, 1.56 million people are at risk of cholera and the conflict in the... -
18 July 2012 - 12:45pmMillions of people face food insecurity in West Africa’s Sahel region. Successive droughts combined with conflict and displacement have pushed people into crisis in nine countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. In Niger, the number of... -
19 June 2012 - 1:21pmThe UN and its humanitarian partners today appealed for US$1.6 billion to provide urgent assistance to more than 18 million people affected by the food-and-nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa. The appeals, which were launched in Geneva, include funding for nine crisis-stricken countries:... -
25 April 2012 - 12:02pmConflict and displacement in northern Mali are continuing to exacerbate the food and nutrition crisis throughout drought-affected areas of the Sahel region, OCHA has warned. “Across the region, more than 15 million people, including 3.5 million Malians, will be affected by severe food... -
12 April 2012 - 11:56pmUN agencies and NGO partners are seriously concerned about the fate of displaced people in northern Mali. The security situation has deteriorated since a coup in the capital, Bamako, on 22 March and a rebellion in the north nearly two weeks ago. According to the latest report by OCHA’s Regional...
