More than 3,000 Nigerians are seeking refuge in Cameroon following last week's confrontation between the Nigerian army and Boko Haram insurgents some 10 kilometres from border.

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DAKAR/NIAMEY, 13 June 2013 (IRIN) - West African and Sahel countries are setting up measures to minimize flood damage as the annual rainy season approaches. The African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) in a seasonal weather outlook says near-average or above-average rainfall is likely over the western Sahel, which stretches across Mauritania, Senegal and western and central Niger.

The World Bank approved a US$108 million grant to rehabilitate damaged water infrastructure and improve disaster-preparedness in the Far North Region.

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Catholic Relief Services is joining 18 other international scientific and development organizations in committing to fight the spread of Cassava Brown Streak Disease (CBSD) and Cassava Mosaic Disease (CMD), both major threats to one of Africa’s staple crops.

Cassava is an inexpensive and essential part of the daily diet of many Africans. The effects of these plant diseases are potentially catastrophic, threatenting the food security of 135 million people in East Africa alone, and upward of 300 million cassava consumers across the continent.

11 juin 2013 – Robert Piper, le Coordonnateur régional des secours humanitaires des Nations Unies pour le Sahel, a lancé mardi un appel à la communauté internationale pour la mobilisation de 1,1 milliard de dollars, afin de faire face à la crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle qui affecte 1,6 million de personnes dans la région du Sahel.

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