Families in Northern Mali Running Out of Food
Food is getting scarce in many of the markets in the Gao region of northern Mali and stocks are likely to end in few weeks, according to the international charity group, Oxfam.
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Mali: Families in Northern Mali Fear Running Out of Food Supply
Oxfam International, 28 January 2013
Latest estimates indicate that household food stocks in and around Gao will only last few weeks. Most markets and shops are closed, food supplies severely disrupted and stocks ... read more »
Photo: WFP/Justin Smith
A group of children wait on the fringes of the distribution center. (file photo)
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Mali: Urgent Humanitarian Help Needed As War Expands, Wide Reports of Human Rights Abuses (press release)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 25 January 2013
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 25 January 2013, at the Palais des ... read more »
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Mali: Humanitarian Impact of Armed Intervention
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 18 December 2012
Over 700,000 people could be displaced if military intervention goes ahead next year in northern Mali, according to preliminary estimates by humanitarian agencies, who stress that ... read more »
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Mali: Escalating Violence in Northern Mali Is Fuelling Hunger in the Sahel (press release)
Christian Aid, 25 January 2013
The recent escalation of fighting and the subsequent displacement of people within Mali and to neighbouring countries is exacerbating the Sahel's chronic food crisis and ... read more »
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Mali: UNHCR Calls Anew On International Community to Help Mali As War Expands (press release)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 25 January 2013
The UN refugee agency on Friday renewed its call for increased international aid for hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Malian civilians, warning that stepped up aid was ... read more »
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Mali: Mali - Emergency Aid for People Displaced in Centre of Country (press release)
International Committee of the Red Cross, 24 January 2013
Some 7,000 Malians (people displaced by fighting in the Diabali area and families hosting them) are today receiving emergency supplies of food and other basic necessities in the ... read more »
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Mali: People Return to Battle-Scarred Town of Diabaly
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 23 January 2013
Residents of Diabaly in the Ségou region of central Mali, have returned to find their town heavily scarred from the week of heavy shelling it endured until 21st January. read more »
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Western Sahara: Govt to Reduce Visits to Refugee Camps Over Mali Conflict
Sahara Press Service, 23 January 2013
The Government of the Saharawi Arab Republic has decided to reduce visits of foreigners to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories "given to the war situation in Mali ... read more »
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 22 January 2013
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 22 January 2013, at the Palais des ... read more »
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Mali: Refugees Report Food Shortages
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 22 January 2013
Almost 7,500 refugees have fled into neighbouring countries since French and Malian forces launched a counter-offensive against Islamic militants almost two weeks ago and the ... read more »
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Mali: Fighting Displaces Growing Numbers
UN News Service, 22 January 2013
The United Nations refugee agency today reported that the number of people fleeing the fighting in Mali is increasing, amidst reports of growing food shortages. read more »
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Mali: Mali: Concern Mounting Over Welfare of Civilians (press release)
International Committee of the Red Cross, 18 January 2013
Central and northern Mali has been in the grip of crisis since early last year. Civilians continue to suffer the effects of the hostilities, which have entered a new phase in the ... read more »
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 18 January 2013
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 18 January 2013, at the Palais des ... read more »
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