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West Africa Faces Worst Food Crisis in a Decade
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1:38Now PlayingWest Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflicts, droughts, floods and the war in Ukraine, nearly a dozen international organizations said in a report Tuesday.
The number of West Africans needing emergency food assistance has nearly quadrupled from 7 million in 2015 to 27 million this year in nations including Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Mali and Nigeria, where thousands have also been displaced because of rising Islamic extremist violence, the report said.
That number could jump to 38 million by June if action isn't taken soon to help people in the Sahel, the sweeping region south of the Sahara Desert, the groups warned.
Conflict in the region has forced people from their land and COVID-19 restrictions have closed borders to trade and pushed up prices.
Drought and poor rainfall distribution have reduced the food sources in many communities in the central Sahel region, the report said. Food prices have increased by up to 30% in West Africa, it said.
According to Assalama Dawalack Sidi, Oxfam's regional director for West and Central Africa, cereal production in some parts of the Sahel has dropped by about a third compared to last year.
Sidi said another important driver was the crisis in Ukraine.
Six out of the 12 countries where Oxfam operates in West Africa import their wheat from Ukraine or Russia
The crisis in Europe is also resulting in funding cuts to aid in Africa and 4 billion US dollars is needed to provide adequate support to the continent, the report said.
The appeal comes before a conference on the Sahel on Wednesday.
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