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WEST AFRICA: THREAT OF FOOD SHORTAGE January 17, 2006
Kizza Harajah
(SomaliNet) West Africa is most likely to suffer the most disastrous level of food shortage in Africa this year. As a result, the UN needs about $240 million to feed the West African population of which only $18.4 million has been received.
Last year,many countries in West Africa has low yields as a result of prolonged drought and locusts.
The worst affected was Niger in which over 3 million people would go without a meal for days.
"Despite a good harvest at the end of 2005, the Sahel region will face another difficult year. The poorest are likely to find themselves in a precarious situation again, their survival strategies exhausted and their purchasing power depleted." the WFP spokesperson revealed on Monday.