Mali: UN Refugee Agency Seeks $35 Million to Assist Thousands Uprooted by Conflict

24 February 2012

The United Nations refugee agency is appealing for $35.6 million to respond to the growing humanitarian crisis resulting from the renewed fighting in northern Mali between government forces and Tuareg rebels.

An estimated 130,000 people have been uprooted within and outside Mali since the clashes resumed in mid-January, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The appeal aims to cover the needs of 85,000 of them until July.

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