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  • The Sahel: UN agencies call for urgent scale-up of aid
    15 February 2012 - 5:09pm
    Heads of UN agencies, representatives from affected governments and major donors today called for an urgent scale up of humanitarian aid to help millions of people affected by hunger and malnutrition in the Sahel region of West Africa. In a joint statement issued at an emergency meeting at the World Food...
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  • The HC Interview: Averting a humanitarian catastrophe in Niger
    30 January 2012 - 1:29pm
    Dr. Guido Cornale, UNICEF Representative in Niger since April 2010, has been Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim since August 2011. This year, there are warnings that the country faces a potentially devastating food crisis. Dr. Cornale explains what humanitarian organizations are doing to help the...
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  • Niger: As food crisis looms, Darin’s education is lost
    24 January 2012 - 12:25pm
    Darin starts work around midmorning and carries on until late in the afternoon, washing dishes and fetching water. When the customers stop coming, Darin helps her boss fold the table and pack up the pots, bowls and cutlery. Then they head home. “I am trying to help,” explains Mariam, the woman...
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  • Niger: Food and nutrition crisis expected to worsen by the first half...
    17 January 2012 - 6:28pm
    The UN appealed for $229 million today to help 3.8 million people facing a looming food and nutrition crisis in Niger, warning that the crisis will worsen by the first half of the year. “The appeal aims to provide humanitarian assistance and strengthen the resilience of millions men, women and...
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  • Niger: How rapid coordination saved lives during the flooding of...
    25 October 2011 - 3:44pm
    On the night of 28 June, a heavy downpour almost swallowed Imbelbellou – a village of 7000 inhabitants in a precarious valley in the Maradi region of southern Niger. Maradi is Niger’s most populous region, and the country’s breadbasket, but is prone to natural disasters and vulnerable to...
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