West Africa: Sahel food crisis response 'Better' but more to do – Oxfam
Some 10 million people in the Sahel still urgently need help to feed their families and rebuild their livelihoods, says Oxfam in a report just published. A 2013 U.N. $1.7 billion appeal for the region only covers a quarter of those in need.
Oxfam called on the international community to deliver "swift, sufficient and sustained" aid. But governments, donors and aid agencies must also get better at preventing and managing future crises, it said. The humanitarian response to the 2012 food crisis in Africa's Sahel region was bigger and better than in previous emergencies, but millions of people still did not receive the assistance they needed and many remain vulnerable to hunger, Oxfam said in the report.
The international charity urged the aid community to step up help for governments and communities in the region to prepare better for the drought-driven food crises that have hit West Africa three times since 2005.
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