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Baaba Maal Press Conference in Mauritania

Monday, 5 March 2012, 11:54 am Press Release: SWPR The scale of this crisis is so great that I have to speak out so that the world reacts declares musician Baaba Maal after visiting the south of...

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UN relief coordinator warns over humanitarian crisis in Africa's drought-hit...

Representatives from UNHCR guide humanitarian chief Valerie Amos (centre) through a refugee camp in Mentanao, Burkina Faso. Photo: OCHA/David Gough24 May 2012 – The United Nations top relief official...

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WEST AFRICA: The Sahel's nutrition revolution

Therapeutic feeding centre in Niger in 2005DAKAR, 21 July 2010 (IRIN) - Food shortages and high rates of malnutrition have long been a reality in the Sahel, but the understanding of malnutrition has...

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IMF warns millions face humanitarian emergency in W Africa

(Left to right) Polish Finance Minister Marek Belka, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde, World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim and World Bank director of...

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African soccer stars join Oxfam to win match against hunger

On the eve of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, more than 25 footballers including Seydou Keita from Mali, Charles Kaboré from Burkina Faso, Demba Bâ from Sénégal and Lawali Idrissa from Niger have...

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Improved harvest forecast for Sahel region

Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 4:39 pm Press Release: Oxfam For immediate release: Reaction to announcement of improved harvest forecast for Sahel region: Good news but governments and UN should not take...

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Early Action can Avert Sahel Food and Nutrition Crisis – UN

Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 11:34 am Press Release: OHCHR 24 January 2012 GENEVA – “Drought, poor harvests and rising food prices have left the Sahel region of West-Central Africa on the brink of a...

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Failed harvests threaten food catastrophe

Millions of people in West Africa are at risk of starvation following failed harvests, a deepening drought and rising food prices, charities warn today. Oxfam and Save the Children have launched...

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Immediate action needed to prevent Sahel famine, says WFP

Meeting of UN agencies and government officials at World Food Programme in Rome discusses joint response to combat hunger in the Sahel region The head of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation,...

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UN and partners seek $1.6 billion for crisis-hit Sahel region in West Africa

Cheicknè Bah, a farmer in Yelimané in the Kayes region of south western Mali, with his sorghum crop that has been damaged by the drought. Photo: WFP/Daouda Guirou19 June 2012 – The United Nations and...

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In pictures: West African food crisis

Aid agencies have warned that the drought in West Africa's Sahel region could become a humanitarian disaster. Malnutrition and illnesses are putting at risk the lives of thousands of people in Chad,...

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Agencies plead for millions after floods in West Africa

AID agencies have appealed for STG14 million ($23.57 million) to halt an escalating food crisis in West Africa, warning the situation was "an unfolding disaster". Oxfam and Save the Children are...

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Helping Africa's Sahel Region Before Crisis Hits: Take Part In Our Online...

When it comes to aid for Africa, there's a longstanding modus operandi known as the CNN effect: The public isn't spurred to take action until it's hit with the prototypical images of sizzled farmland...

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Oxfam Ambassador Baaba Maal aims to raise funds for Sahel food crisis

Published: 30 July 2012 Senegalese singer Baaba Maal today launched a personal appeal to raise $5,000 for communities facing a food crisis in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa. Baaba Maal...

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Agencies Assess Humanitarian Needs in the Sahel

DAKAR — Millions of people across West Africa’s Sahel region face a double crisis, as fallout from the northern Mali conflict hits areas already facing severe food shortages. Gathering Saturday in the...

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Famine stalks the Sahel

Light rains, poor harvests and overpriced food will combine to create a severe famine for five Sahel countries if urgent, large-scale measures are not taken, experts warn. "The crisis is already here....

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Mali crisis raises West Africa famine threat

The threat of famine across West Africa is getting worse with the political crisis in Mali, experts and aid workers said Thursday, urging the Canadian government to co-ordinate a response from other...

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13m threatened by food crisis - Oxfam

Dakar - About 13 million people living in west and central Africa face a major food crisis unless immediate action is taken, humanitarian group Oxfam warned Thursday. A dangerous combination of...

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13 million people threatened by food crisis: Oxfam

AFP - About 13 million people living in west and central Africa face a major food crisis unless immediate action is taken, humanitarian group Oxfam warned Thursday. A dangerous combination of...

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Mali refugee overspill worsens food crisis

Niamey - Refugees fleeing the confict in northern Mali are placing even greater strain on the Sahel region, already battling a severe food crisis after failed harvests last year that have left...

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