The World Food Programme, WFP said a “dramatic humanitarian crisis” is unfolding in the three Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, fuelled by conflict, displacements, hunger and poverty.
The Organisation’s Spokesman Herve Verhoosel warned that if action is not taking now to tackle hunger in the Sahel, a whole generation are at risk.
According to the organisation, about 20 million people live in conflict-affected areas across the region, bearing the brunt of the unfolding crisis as hunger and malnutrition loom.
It added that more than 2.4 million people already require urgent food and nutrition assistance in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger republic.
The report says about 1.1 million people across Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali had fled their homes in search of safety,.
According to the statement, conflict is devastating agriculture and rural economies, and almost one in three children is out of school in many conflict-affected areas,.
