Hunger Crisis in the Sahel
A major food crisis looms over the Sahel, a zone that extends across the African continent, separating Sahara and savanna. Some 2.6 million children are at risk of deadly malnutrition as pastoralist populations, largely dependent on biomass-rich pastures for grazing livestock, face widespread shortages of food and fodder. With a lack of rainfall and the early arrival of this year’s “hunger gap”—the period of seasonal scarcity between harvests—substantial biomass losses have been documented across the region, imposing food shortages on human and animal populations alike across Africa’s Sahel.
When a crisis as complicated and deep-rooted as the one in Africa’s Sahel region hits, getting a sense of the size and scope of it can be daunting. That’s why we want to share the latest information on what’s going on at the country and regional levels. ... Read
Support emergency response in the Sahel.
- Action Against Hunger is committed to helping 800,000 people across the Sahel region in 2012.
- In the coming months, we expect to reach more than 20,000 children in two of the most devastated areas of Chad, Kanem and Bahr el Ghazal.
- In March and April 2012, we are assisting more than 8,000 Malians displaced by the country’s coup by covering basic needs, running food distributions, and increasing the capacity of 31 nutrition centers.