Highlights
20.4 million people in the Sahel are food insecure, down from last year’s high of 25 million people.
Over one million people have been displaced and 6,400 killed by the conflict in Northeast Nigeria in 2014.
Over 717,000 people have been displaced due to the CAR crisis, 442,000 internally. The IDP caseload has halved since the peak of the crisis.
Over one million people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are projected to suffer from food insecurity by March of this year as a result of the Ebola epidemic.
KEY EBOLA FIGURES
No. of Cases 22,894
No. Of Deaths 9,177
No. Countries currently affected by West Africa EVD Strain 3
FUNDING OF THE SAHEL STRATEGY
USD$1.9 billion requested
USD$ 878 million received(in SRP)
USD$364 million received(outside SRP)
