Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Country: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
HIGHLIGHTS
One out of five people in the Central African Republic have fled their homes
Violence in Bangui causes over 200,000 new IDPs in December
Some 10,000 Nigerians have fled violence in the Northeast to neighboring countries
So far in 2013, 2.5 million people received agriculture assistance in the Sahel
4.8 million children under five in the Sahel expected to suffer from Global Acute Malnutrition in 2014
In 2013, floods have affected more than half a million people in West and Central Africa
To date, the Sahel has received 59 per cent ($1.04 billion) of the USD$1.71 billion requested
