Scaling up the EU’s response to soaring hunger in West Africa – EU Humanitarian Aid

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In West Africa, hunger has reached a sad new record. For the 3rd consecutive year, the Sahel and Lake Chad regions are facing food and nutrition crises of exceptional proportions, affecting up to 38.3 million people.

The multiple conflicts devastating the region have driven millions from their homes and pushed food insecurity as populations abandon their homes to escape violent attacks, leaving vital crops and herds.

The crisis is worsening, also due to the global rise in food prices sparked by COVID-19 restrictions on trade.

As the United Nations reminded the world last April, the war in Ukraine, in all its dimensions, is producing alarming cascading effects on a world economy already battered by COVID-19 and climate change, with particularly dramatic impacts on developing countries.

Therefore, the European Union pledged 554 million on 6 April to increase food security in the Sahel and Lake Chad countries. This funding will also address the root causes of hunger in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria.

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September 7th, 2022
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