Scores Suffer As Crisis in Mali Continues

Several aid agencies have stepped up efforts to provide lifesaving health care, much-needed food and clean water to people who have been uprooted by the ongoing conflict.

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Mali: Triple Disaster Threatens Children in North

United Nations Children's Fund, 8 May 2012

UNICEF says that children in the north of Mali are among the most vulnerable in the Sahel region, confronted not just by the food and nutrition crisis from the prolonged drought, ... read more »

Photo: H.Caux/UNHCR

Since January, the fighting has displaced some 95,000 people within Mali and has forced more than 100,000 to flee.

Mali: More Detailed Data 'Needed to Tackle Hunger'

SciDev.Net, 9 May 2012

Using data from national household surveys could lead to a more accurate identification of malnourished people and more effective action to achieve the Millennium Development Goal ... read more »
West Africa: Plan International Responds to Growing Crisis in the Sahel (press release)

Plan International, 8 May 2012

Across the Sahel, millions of people continue to find themselves at extreme risk of hunger and malnutrition, and recent political instability in the region has only exacerbated the ... read more »
Mali: Telecoms Company Donates to Assist Internally Displaced People

AlertNet, 8 May 2012

The telecoms company Orange has donated close to $100,000 to WFP to provide much-needed food assistance to internally displaced people in Mali. read more »
West Africa: UNHCR and WFP Chiefs Highlight Plight of Mali Refugees in Niger (press release)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 7 May 2012

UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called on the international community to help Malian refugees and host communities in Niger and said a political ... read more »
Mali: Conflict in Mali Meets a Worsening Food Crisis

FOROYAA Newspaper, 5 May 2012

The International Rescue Committee is launching an emergency response in Mali, where the drought spreading across the Sahel region has been compounded by political instability. read more »
Mali: Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Reported Rapes, Child Recruitment in North of Country

United Nations Children's Fund, 1 May 2012

"Yesterday Human Rights Watch issued a compelling report that details testimony about abductions and rapes of girls and women by armed groups in northern Mali and the recruitment ... read more »
West Africa: Aid Efforts Under Strain As Refugees Numbers Mount

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 4 May 2012

Sahelian governments and local and international aid groups are struggling to cope with both the continual arrivals of people fleeing the regions of Gao, Timbuktu and Kidal in ... read more »
Mali: Child Soldiers Used in Conflict

Inter Press Service, 4 May 2012

It was tough for Hassan Toure to decide to stay in his small town on the outskirts of Kidal, in northern Mali. The government troops had withdrawn on Mar. 30, and several armed ... read more »

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Loyalists Defeated, Says Mali's Coup Leaders

Coup leaders say they have defeated a counter-coup attempt following clashes with forces loyal to ousted president Amadou Toumani Toure. Read more »
- Mali: Rebel Soldiers Claim Defeat of Counter-Coup
- Mali: Nation Heading Closer to Civil War
Mali: Civilians Govern, The Junta Rules

Despite agreeing to hand power back to civilians, following a coup in March, the military junta is set to retain an oversight role in the country's transition. Read more »
- Mali: Civilians Govern, the Junta Rules
- Mali: Soldiers Urged to Release Top Officials Arbitrarily Detained

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