The World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday said over 40 million people across West Africa will face desperate food shortages in coming months.
on Tuesday said over 40 million people across West Africa will face desperate food shortages in coming months.
The report estimated that 12 million children under five years old could be acutely malnourished in the lean season – from June to August – unlike 8.2 million in the same period last year. “The UN refugee agency has repeatedly called for greater support for increasing numbers of people forced to flee for their lives amid renewed conflict in West Africa’s turbulent Sahel and Lake Chad region.”
The agency, on May 4, condemned attacks on May 2 on Malian refugees in Burkina Faso – “reportedly by the country’s security forces,” in Mentao refugee camp in which at least 32 people were injured. “Movement restrictions could also affect farmers as the planting season approaches, WFP said in a statement, warning that “an inadequate response” to current needs “would put the future well-being of millions of people in the region at stake, particularly women and young children.”
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