Nearly 25 Million Food Insecure in Sahel

About five million more people have joined the ranks of the food insecure since the beginning of the year, bringing the estimated total to 24.7 million, according the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

  • West Africa:   Nearly 25 Million Food Insecure in Sahel

    UNIRIN, 29 October 2014

    Food security and malnutrition rates across the Sahel are deteriorating, due in large part to ongoing conflict and instability in the Central African Republic (CAR), northern Mali,… Read more »

Food crisis in the Sahel.

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