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UN Appeals for U.S. $1.7 in Sahel Aid

With millions of Sahelians estimated to be short of food this year, humanitarian agencies have revised their appeal upwards to U.S.$1.7 billion in order to help combat hunger, malnutrition and impoverishment in the region.

West Africa: UN Asks for U.S.$1.7 Billion for Sahel

UNIRIN, 4 July 2013

Humanitarian agencies have revised upwards their appeal to help Sahelians affected by hunger, malnutrition, impoverishment and conflict to US$1.7 billion, said UN Regional… Read more »

FAO

Food crisis in the Sahel.

West Africa: Sahel & Mali - New Complexities

Centre 4s, 17 June 2013

To contain and to eventually reduce the terrorists' threat, governments must always be at least one step ahead. This however is far from being the case in the Sahel where, to this… Read more »
West Africa: Call for U.S. to Back 'Sahel Freedom Fund'

allAfrica, 27 June 2013

The Sahel region of Africa, a wide expanse that spreads from Mauritania on the west coast to Somalia on the east - gets very little attention, except when the threat of Islamic… Read more »
Gambia: $1.7 Billion Humanitarian Appeals Aid for Sahel Region

The Point, 27 June 2013

Robert Piper, the humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel region, has disclosed that $1.7 billion has been projected for 2013 humanitarian aid for the Sahel region. Read more »
West Africa: Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Sahel Briefs Security Council On New 'Four-By-Four Strategy' to Combat Extremism, Arms Proliferation, Crime

UN, 26 June 2013

The senior United Nations official in the Sahel today unveiled an integrated strategy for combating extremists and terrorists in the region and beyond, as well as arms… Read more »
West Africa: Some Aid Programs in Sahel Prefer Cash to Food

VOA, 18 June 2013

DIOURBEL, SENEGAL -- Humanitarian agencies in Africa's Sahel region are struggling to deal with a cycle of chronic food crisis. Some are moving away from traditional food aid in… Read more »
West Africa: Linking Early Warning to Early Action in the Sahel

UNIRIN, 18 June 2013

While aid agencies agree that early warning systems offer the chance to mitigate humanitarian crises, difficulty in funding pre-emptive measures and government sensitivities in… Read more »

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Why the Sahel Needs U.S. $1.6 Billion Again

Even though aid agencies estimate the number of people in the Sahel region at risk of going hungry this year has dropped, the 2013 regional strategy calls for U.S.$1.66 billion to ... Read more »
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Sahel Still at Risk for Food Insecurity - UN

A senior United Nations relief official has warned that that an estimated 10 million people in the wider Sahel region could be at risk of starvation in 2013. Read more »
- West Africa: Access Improving in Mali but the Sahel Still At Risk for Food Insecurity - UN Relief Official
- Mauritania: Don't Underestimate Mauritania Needs, Say Aid Agencies

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UN Appeals for U.S. $1.7 in Sahel Aid

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Why the Sahel Needs U.S. $1.6 Billion Again

Sahel Still at Risk for Food Insecurity - UN

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