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30 August 2012 - 5:36pmThe UN Humanitarian Chief, Valerie Amos, concluded her first visit to Mali today with an appeal to the international community and donors not to forget the millions of people facing a food and nutrition crisis. The crisis is affecting nearly 30 per cent of the Malian population of 15.8 million,... -
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:... -
16 February 2012 - 7:47pmIn the cool, early hours, before the unrelenting sun rises over the Sahara, humanitarian workers leave Niger’s capital, Niamey, and set off for an assessment mission to the border village of Sinegodar, which is close to the Mali-Niger border. The village is a four-hour drive on a bumpy, desert road...
