Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid department
Country: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria
Just after harvests and despite a decent agricultural season, at least 16,7 million Sahelians, including North Nigerian remain in a state of food insecurity. This is the highest number of food insecure people reported at this period of the year in the last ten years. Large-scale food assistance is required from now on until September 2014.
UNICEF estimates that 1,6 million children under five will be affected by severe acute malnutrition in 2014, i.e. 300 000 more than in 2013. The growing numbers of malnourished children, steered by high population growth involve maintaining high treatment capacities and to upscale actions to prevent malnutrition.