UN says 6 million struggling to get food in Africa's Sahel

[TomSea]

UN says 6 million struggling to get food in Africa's Sahel
Published: June 12, 2018

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that nearly 6 million people are struggling to get food in West Africa's Sahel region and severe malnutrition is threatening the lives of 1.6 million children.

Mark Lowcock said in a statement that these levels haven't been seen since a crisis in 2012 "and the most critical months are still ahead."

He said the rapid deterioration in recent months in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal "reveals an urgent need for more donor support." He said U.N. plans to respond to the crisis in the six countries are only 26 percent funded and he urged donors for additional support.

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[dfwgator]

Sam Kinison had the solution.

[goodwithagun]

I’ve posted this before, if you have Netflix you need to watch Poverty, Inc. It perfectly explains why foreign aide and NGOs are making the poverty problem worse.