Nouakchott (Mauritania), Niamey (Niger) and Bamako (Mali) – Sahel region is facing a double crisis. The first one is linked to an armed conflict between Malian military forces and Tuareg rebels in Northern Maliwhere thousands of people had to flee the area in order to find safe in neighbouring countries. The second is linked to a food crisis that is affecting the whole Sahel belt where people share what they have with the Malian refugees. The Afronline’s report from Mauritania, Niger and Mali.
KAMPALA - Price-monitoring computer software that will produce monthly updates of staple food prices is being developed for East and Central African countries.
Arab and African support for alleviating the famine in Somalia was “good but lacks co-ordination” Somalia’s President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said during a two-day visit to Khartoum. His comments comes one week ahead of a donor conference for Somalia’s drought victims to be hosted by the African Union in Addis Ababa.
Thousands of Somalis are fleeing a worsening food crisis and conflict in the Horn of Africa and crossing into camps in neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia. Video by: VOXAFRICA
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Water systems, latrines and healthcare facilities are ready to use but are standing idle.The new Ifo II camp, in Kenya, was built to try and ease the severe overcrowding in Dadaab, where camps designed for 90,000 people now shelter over 380,000. But Kenya’s government refuses to open due to security fears.
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