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Africa: Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in West Africa and Sahel Set to Reach 10-Year High - UN Agencies
UN News, 18 April 2023
Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa are on track to reach a 10-year high by June as the crisis expands to coastal countries, UN agencies warned on Tuesday,… Read more »
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Africa: Unicef Sounds Alarm Over Children's Plight in War-Torn Sahel Region
allAfrica, 17 March 2023
Africans are facing some of the greatest challenges of our time. Food insecurity, resulting from flooding and drought, along with conflict, the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic,… Read more »
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West Africa: UN Agencies Warn Again of Record Hunger in West and Central Africa in 2023
UN News, 8 December 2022
The number of hungry people in West and Central Africa could reach a record high of 48 million next year, which should serve as a final "wake-up call" for regional governments to… Read more »
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West Africa: Food Insecurity in West Africa At Worst Level in 10 Years - Report
DW, 5 April 2022
Climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have left millions in urgent need of food. A new report has warned 40 million may go hungry in West Africa if nothing… Read more »
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Africa: 'Unprecedented' Insecurity in West Africa and Sahel, UN Security Council Hears
UN News, 10 January 2023
Although West Africa and the Sahel continues to face unprecedented security challenges, it is still "a land of immense opportunities", a senior UN official told the Security… Read more »
'West Africa, Sahel Set to Reach 10-Year High in Food Insecurity'
Hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with some 48 million people, a 10-year-high, facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region, the United Nations warned. The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, the Covid-19 pandemic and high food prices, continue to drive up hunger and malnutrition in the region.
U.N. officials said that for the first time, some 45,000 people in the Sahel region, the arid expanse below the Sahara Desert, are on the brink of starvation, one step away from famine. The vast majority facing catastrophic levels of hunger, 42,000, are in Burkina Faso, the officials reported.
The data further showed that 16.5 million children under five are set to face acute malnutrition this year, including nearly five million who are at risk of debilitating severe malnutrition. Their numbers represent a staggering 83% rise in global acute malnutrition compared to the 2015 to 2022 average.
World Food Programme (WFP) alongside the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, have renewed their call for greater support to Governments in the region.
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A group of international aid organizations has said that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflict, drought, flooding, and the war in ... Read more »
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Africans are facing some of the greatest challenges of our time. Food insecurity, resulting from flooding and drought, along with conflict, the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, ... Read more »
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More than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately seven million children under the age of five acutely malnourished in the region, according to the World ... Read more »
