Featured: Drought and famine in Sahara region

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Millions are at risk of starvation in the Niger, Mali, Chad region UN warns The UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, David Gressly said today (13 July) that up to 1.1 million children in the region could be suffering from severe acute malnutrition in 2012. The severe food and nutrition crisis affecting the Sahel region of West Africa is worsening and needs are rising sharply, according to the UN's humanitarian agency, OCHA. More than 18 million people in nine countries are facing food insecurity. Nine countries, Senegal, the Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad as well as northern parts of Nigeria and Cameroon are already affected by food insecurity and conflict, with conflict in Mali exacerbating the crisis and making access more difficult. The region had also gone through a series of droughts, in 2005, in 2012 and the same is repeating this year. In an interview in New York, Gressly said that food production was much lower this year and more importantly the higher food prices meant availability for many people was even more difficult, because "they just can't afford to buy it". Governments and humanitarian agencies have been working to support people in need since the alarm was raised last year. While nutrition programmes and direct food distributions are having an impact, progress made could be lost very quickly without continued support, according to OCHA. So far, only 42 per cent of the $1.6 billion raised have been received and already mobilized to get food and nutrition support into the nine countries and to deal with the refugee crisis around Mali. Gressly said the response was "well underway." But he warned there were still some shortfalls in funding for health and water, and the "complete package" needed to save lives was not available yet.
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