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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,... -
3 August 2012 - 12:49pmHumanitarian organizations warn that western Niger’s Tillabéry region could see a drastic increase in cholera cases if the response is not scaled up urgently. In a region already affected by a severe food crisis and hosting a large refugee population, more than 3,000 cholera cases and over 60... -
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:...
