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UNICEF: Africa's Sahel is on the brink of "real disaster"

"It's dire and it's about to get worse" is the message Anthony Lake, head of UNICEF, conveyed in an interview on the hunger crisis that continues to affect 13 million across the impoverished, drought-stricken Sahel region of West Africa. "We're on the brink of a real disaster throughout the whole Sahel," said Lake, who acknowledged that the global response has suffered from donor fatigue. BBC (4/18) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story



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