{{The UN is seeking $2bn this year to combat food insecurity in Africa’s Sahel region, where 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes because of violence.}}<\/p>\n
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos announced the appeal in Rome on Monday, saying “more people than ever” were at risk of hunger.<\/p>\n
The UN projects 20 million people to be at risk of food insecurity in the Sahel region, with 2.5 million needing “urgent lifesaving food assistance”.<\/p>\n
According to the UN, five million children younger than five in the region will suffer from malnutrition this year.<\/p>\n
At the event in Rome, the UN launched a three-year response plan, to help the Sahel, which it defines as a nine-country region stretching from Chad to Senegal.<\/p>\n
“A dramatic increase in the number of food insecure is expected, driven in particular by a deterioration in the food security situation in Northern Nigeria, Northern Cameroon and Senegal. These three countries represent over 40 percent of the overall caseload,” the response plan said.<\/p>\n
Besides instability in countries like Nigeria and Mali, population growth and high food prices are contributing to the problem.<\/p>\n
The three-year plan aims to track and analyse risk and vulnerability to develop humanitarian programmes, respond to warning signals earlier and deliver “integrated life-saving assistance to people affected by emergencies.”<\/p>\n
“Life-saving naturally continues to be the first priority of the humanitarian community in the Sahel. Special effort will be directed towards a more inter-Cluster response to key vulnerabilities such as food insecurity, malnutrition, epidemics, conflict and displacement and natural disasters,” the report said.<\/p>\n
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