Drought Could Become a Catastrophe For 13 Million if Action Not Taken in West and Central Africa, Oxfam Warns

Some 13 million people are at severe risk from a food crisis which is set to escalate into a full scale humanitarian emergency in the Sahel region of West and Central Africa if urgent action is not taken. ...

Hunger crisis in Chad just weeks away, warns aid agency

Aid groups have warned that hunger threatens between 5 and 9 million people in countries in Africa's Sahel region just below the Sahara including Chad, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Mali. (..) Even in an average year 450,000 children in Chad need...

West Africa: Millions of people at risk of serious food crisis without early action

Millions of people in West Africa could be protected from a serious food crisis if preparations are scaled up across West Africa, Oxfam said today. Millions of people in West Africa could be prot...