Mali: International Aid Now Critical to Help Malians Rebuild Their Lives, UN Official Says

26 February 2013

After a period of brutal violence and economic collapse in Mali, access was now stable enough so that aid, if adequately funded, could help hundreds of thousands rebuild their lives, a top United Nations humanitarian official said today after a visit to the West African country.

"The people of Mali have suffered appallingly. Now is the time for us to help," John Ging, Director of Operations for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told correspondents in New York.

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