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Convoy of Hope is shipping 400,000 meals to the African countries of Burkina Faso and Niger in the Sahel region, where millions of people are facing deadly famine and drought. Watch video here “This is part of our…

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By Emily Will May 9, 2012 AKRON, Pa. – A food crisis is spreading through the semi-arid Sahel, a seven-country ribbon across the southern edge of the Sahara, from Mauritania on the Atlantic to Sudan on the Red…

Pictures of starving children give donors an instant justification to release aid. Predictions of starvation, however accurate, do not After the hunger crisis that engulfed east Africa last summer, there was plenty for the world to think…

APPEAL #: 642-N APPEAL GOAL: $100,000 May 9, 2012 SITUATION: Unusually low rainfall has devastated food crops across the Sahel, a vast African region south of the Sahara desert. An estimated 15.5 million people are now affected by food…

La campagne agropastorale 2011/2012 n’a pas répondu aux attentes des populations sahéliennes Situation de la production agricole et alimentaire Une production céréalière déficitaire dans la région sahélienne : les résultats définitifs des enquêtes agricoles menées dans les pays…

The Council of Ministers approved the provision of EUR 2 million in support for the countries of the Sahel region today, Friday 27 April, to help them in their fight against the imminent food crisis. In…

KEY DEVELOPMENTS As part of USAID’s ongoing humanitarian efforts in the Sahel, USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Director and USAID’s Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) Deputy Director, joined by Washington, D.C. and field-based…

Burkina Faso: Treating Malnutrition and Caring for Malian Refugees In the wake of violent clashes between Mali's army, Tuareg rebels, and other groups active in northern Mali, nearly 46,000 Malians have fled their country and taken refuge…

For a third time this decade, the Sahel region of West Africa is suffering from a food crisis. The lethal combination of drought, poor harvest and increased food prices is affecting over 16 million people across…