Tag: AFRICA’S SAHEL REGION
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UN agencies call for global action as drought looms over Africa’s Sahel region
UN agencies have urged greater international support to stave off severe food insecurity in the Sahel region, reeling from the effects of conflict and threatened by drought and rising hunger. The World Food Programme (WFP) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said about five million people in northern Senegal, southern Mauritania and parts of Mali, Niger,…