Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Gambia (the), Mali, Mauritania, Niger (the), Senegal
HIGHLIGHTS 2013
Despite good harvest in 2012, 10.3 million people still food insecure across the Sahel region.
5 million pregnant women and children under 5 expected to suffer from malnutrition in 2013.
$1.66 billion required to respond to immediate needs, kick-start resilience building and respond to Mali crisis.