Nearly 5 Million In Mali Are Hungry; Half Million Children Will Suffer From Malnutrition By Year’s End

Written by Ann Brown

Nov 16, 2014

UN officials say a convergence of droughts, harvest failures, locust invasions and political conflicts in Mali have left 4.75 million people without enough to eat.

The officials said yesterday that close to half a million children will suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year.

UNICEF Emergency Director Afshan Khan said malnutrition rates in Mali are now comparable to the crises in South Sudan and the Horn of Africa.

John Ging, the director of UN humanitarian operations, warned that without additional funds “we can expect that the situation will continue to deteriorate.”