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Worst flooding in more than 80 years affecting half a million people in Niger
Oxfam warned that devastating floods in Niger are affecting more than 500,000 people, most of whose basic needs are not being met.International aid agency Oxfam on Wednesday warned that devastating...
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Announcement of improved harvest forecast for Sahel region: Good news but...
International aid agency Oxfam and leading West African farmers network ROPPA today welcomed an initial forecast of an improved harvest in the Sahel region but warned governments and the UN that the...
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African activists and artists raise awareness around the Sahel food crisis
Food Crisis in SahelOxfam received the support from a group of African activists, singers, writers and performers to raise awareness around the continuing food crisis that is now affecting the Sahel...
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Burkina Faso: The food crisis in pictures
Food Crisis in SahelThese photos, taken in Burkina Faso in June 2012, show the alarming situation in the Sahel region: More than 18 million people are in urgentneed of humanitarian aid. Oxfam hopes to...
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Oxfam Ambassador Baaba Maal aims to raise funds for Sahel food crisis
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.Senegalese singer Baaba Maal today...
View ArticleOxfam warns sanctions could be a tipping point as Malians face a triple food,...
International agency Oxfam today warned that sanctions imposed on Mali could have devastating consequences on 3.5m people already at risk of hunger, if humanitarian needs are not...
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Conflict in Mali disrupts fragile food markets and threatens to escalate food...
Growing insecurity in Mali and northern Nigeria is disrupting the supply of food to communities suffering from a major food crisis affecting 13 million people in West Africa, said international aid...
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Cash for work in Niger: Helping fight future drought
Food Crisis in SahelHalf moon shaped irrigation channels help preserve water when it next rains. And by building them, Nigerien families earn an income to get through the hungry months until then.“I...
View ArticleIn Niger, more than 6 million people face food shortages
Humanitarian actors are concerned by the early depletion of food reserves of many Nigerien families and warn of the risk of aggravation of the food and nutrition crisis if the aid response is not...
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Chad food crisis: Oxfam goat vaccination program
Food Crisis in SahelIn 2012 countries across the Sahel region are once again facing a serious food crisis. This ecologically fragile region is becoming increasingly vunerable to insufficient rainfall,...
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Drought could become a catastrophe for 13 million if action not taken in West...
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...
View ArticleAfrican Cup of Nations: As the final whistle blows, the match against hunger...
Estimates of people in need of assistance in the Sahel increases to over 11 million people, as agency warns humanitarian efforts need to be stepped up in the coming weeks.Estimates of people in need of...
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West Africa: Millions of people at risk of serious food crisis without early...
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 protected...
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Food crisis in Chad: Mahamat protects his fields against drought and floods
Food Crisis in SahelAccording to a survey carried out by Oxfam, 55% of the families in the Abou Deia region, in Chad, have had to get into debt and close to 20% have been obliged to reduce their daily...
View ArticleCrisis prevention remains a major challenge in West Africa
Given the rapid expansion and recurrence of the food crises in West Africa and the inadequate responses of policy makers and other actors, Oxfam and Bilital Maroobe say it is necessary to rethink the...
View ArticleDouble disaster hits Niger
Floods and heavy rains across Niger have destroyed crops less than two months before harvest, compounding the country's existing food crisis. Flooding has killed at least six people, left thousands...
View ArticleLack of funds for West Africa food crisis forces UN to make agonizing decision
The World Food Program (WFP) in Niger, the country worst-hit by the West Africa food crisis, has been forced to make an "agonizing" decision to abandon plans to provide emergency food to families with...
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Niger: Prey to the hungry season
Food Crisis in SahelAs a result of severe drought, the 2009 harvest in Niger produced less than a quarter of the country's annual needs. Now half of all Nigeriens do not have enough food.As a result of...
View ArticleLack of funds and logistical delays leave hundreds of thousands starving as...
Insufficient funding and delays in food delivery threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands in the Sahel belt of West Africa. There is little excuse for the lack of adequate funding and delays – the...
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Niger: On the front lines of the war against hunger
Food Crisis in SahelAs a result of severe drought, the 2009 harvest in Niger produced less than a quarter of the country’s annual needs. Now half of all Nigeriens do not have enough food. Oxfam and our...
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