Source: Press TV
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=131333§ionid=351020506
Aid agencies have appealed for donations to stop an alarming food crisis in West Africa, as more than 10 million people face severe hunger and malnutrition.
The two aid organizations Oxfam and Save the Children asked for a total of $21 million in a bid to deal with the problem, AFP reported on Monday.
"We are witnessing an unfolding disaster which can be averted if we act quickly," said Mamadou Biteye, the head of Oxfam in West Africa, who explained that the severe shortage was caused by drought and crop failure.
Oxfam said that Niger is at the epicenter of the crisis with more than seven million people facing food shortages.
The organization warned that the people of Chad, Mali, Mauritania, parts of Burkina Faso and northern Nigeria face the same problem.
Save the Children said that up to 380,000 children under five in Niger were at risk of starving to death. The aid agencies described the response from governments around the world as "woefully inadequate."
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