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West Africa:
Aid Agencies Struggle With Sahel Crisis
Refugees International, 26 June 2012
Refugees International (RI) is disturbed by the meager international response to the recent influx of Malian refugees into neighboring countries. Read more »
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West Africa:
Sahel-Saharan Africa - Global Problems That Require Global Solutions
Centre for Strategies and Security for the Sahel Sahara, 3 April 2012
The Sahel-Saharan region is a large, arid area in the deserted Northern part of Africa. It runs from East to West in between Senegal and the confines of Sudan. The population is… Read more »
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Mali:
For a Collective Action in the Sahel
Centre for Strategies and Security for the Sahel Sahara, 5 June 2012
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the creation of the Center for Security Policy in the Sahel Sahara Region, the President of Centre4S, Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, calls upon… Read more »
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Mali:
WFP Mali Launches Cash Transfers
AlertNet, 14 June 2012
With an identity card in hand, leaning heavily on his cane, Bine Gori Naman, 82, anxiously awaits his turn to pick up his money. On behalf of his household, Naman will receive… Read more »
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West Africa:
UN Agency Warns of Catastrophe Without Massive Aid Scale-Up for Displaced Malians
UN News, 14 June 2012
The United Nations refugee agency is warning of a humanitarian catastrophe unless there is a massive scale-up in responding to the needs of 320,000 people who have been displaced… Read more »
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Mali:
Locusts Could Spread in Rebel-Held North
UNIRIN, 26 June 2012
Clouds of desert locusts have arrived in rebel-held northern Mali, where insecurity has hampered pest control, bringing fears that the insects may devastate a country already… Read more »
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West Africa:
The Situation in Mali & Its Impact On the Sahel Sahara
Centre for Strategies and Security for the Sahel Sahara, 11 May 2012
The Crisis in Mali Read more »
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West Africa:
The Sahel and the Malian Paradox
Centre for Strategies and Security for the Sahel Sahara, 5 June 2012
Today, the greatest threat, and the worse difficult consequences to contain it, is not located in the Northern part of Mali, as one could legitimately think, but paradoxically, in… Read more »
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Mali:
Helping People in the North to Survive
AlertNet, 19 June 2012
"Many people we've met in these semi-desert rural areas are barely able to survive," said Jean-Nicolas Marti, the head of the ICRC regional delegation for Mali and Niger. "All… Read more »
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Mali:
Making Mothers Matter
allAfrica, 14 June 2012
It's a typical weekday morning at the Luxembourg Mother-Child hospital in the capital, Bamako. Around 20 patients are there for appointments - shy teenagers sit alongside more… Read more »
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Mali:
Scraps, Hard Work and Goodwill Keeping Families From Tragedy
IFRC, 15 June 2012
Kadiatou Konnare is facing a more daunting struggle to feed her seven children than most people will ever know. Read more »