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Graphic: Sahel food crisis mapped

More than 13 million people are at risk of hunger in west Africa, as drought, high food prices and conflict have pushed malnutrition levels above emergency thresholds in some areas

Call for urgent action in Sahel to prevent humanitarian emergency
Map: Sahel food crisis
Map - Sahel food crisis Photograph: Graphic Illustration: Graphic
Map - Sahel food crisis Photograph: Graphic Illustration: Graphic

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  • ‘Population growth far outpaces food supply’ in conflict-ravaged Sahel

  • Refugees and patchy rains trigger new Sahel hunger crisis

  • UN calls for $2bn to help combat hunger in Sahel

  • No 'magic wand' for Sahel as food shortages loom yet again

  • Politics makes people prevaricate, even when famine looms

  • Sahel hunger crisis risks being another example of too little, too late

  • Extreme hunger in east Africa and the Sahel: forewarned but not forearmed

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