Overview

A combination of factors, including the 2011 drought, high food prices, low agricultural production, as well as the inability of affected households to recover from the 2010 food and nutrition crisis, exacerbated the Sahel region's vulnerability in 2012. As of 10 Dec 2012, the on-going conflict in Mali has resulted in at least 198,558 IDPs within Mali and approximately 156,819 Malian refugees in Burkina Faso, Niger and Mauritania. The influx of refugees into neighboring countries has already impacted access to basic services and, in addition to the existing food insecurity crisis, put more pressure on resources for host communities. (Sahel Regional Strategy 2013)

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24 May 2013

Mali
Révision de l’appel de fonds pour le Mali: Les besoins humanitaires ont connu une augmentation

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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(Bamako, 24 mai 2013) : Les personnes touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire au Mali sont estimées à environ 3,5 millions dont 1,4 million en besoin d’assistance immédiate selon des analyses publiées en mai. Ces nouveaux chiffres montrent une détérioration de la situation comparativement au début de l’année quand 2 millions de personnes étaient touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire dont 747 000 en besoin d’assistance immédiate. Depuis janvier, les acteurs humanitaires ont assisté près de 500 000 personnes touchées par l’insécurité alimentaire.

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24 May 2013

Mauritania + 1 other
Preliminary Appeal: Assistance to Malian Refugees and Host Communities in Mauritania – MRT131

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— ACT Alliance

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Preliminary Appeal Target: US$400,000

Balance Requested: US$343,193

Geneva, 23 May 2013

Dear Colleagues,

24 May 2013

Mali + 8 others
Sahel Crisis 2013: Funding Status as of 24 May 2013

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24 May 2013

Mali
Mali : Urgence complexe Rapport de situation no 33 (23 mai 2013)

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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Faits saillants

• L’épidémie de choléra a fait sa réapparition au Mali. 21 cas ont été notifiés dans la région de Gao depuis le 8 mai.

• Le nombre des personnes en besoin d'assistance alimentaire immédiate est maintenant estimé à environ 1,4 million et celui des personnes à risque à environ 2,1 millions.

• Les personnes déplacées internes (PDI) sont estimées à 301 0271 par la commission Mouvement de Population au 21 mai tandis que les réfugiés Maliens dans les pays limitrophes étaient au nombre de 174 129 au 20 mai.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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24 May 2013

Mali
Mali: Complex Emergency Situation Report No. 33 (as of 23 May 2013)

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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Highlights

• Cholera has re-appeared in Mali. Since 8 May, 21 cases have been reported in the Gao region.

• Partners estimate that around 1.4 million people are in immediate need of food assistance. An additional 2.1 million people are at risk.

• According to the latest estimates from the Population Movements Commission and UNHCR, 301,027 IDPs1 are living in Mali (as of 21 May), and 174,129 Malian refugees are living in neighbouring countries (as of 20 May).

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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23 May 2013

Chad + 5 others
Tchad : Revue de Presse Humanitaire du 18 au 23 mai 2013

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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LES TITRES

 Le Tchad confronté à un afflux de réfugiés venus du Nigeria (RFI, 21/05/2013)

 Emergency Response Grows in Chad (VOA, 21/05/2013)

 Chad Commits to an Acceleration of the Action Plan to End the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers (UN, 22/05/2013)

 Sahel: millions need long-term support (OCHA, 22/05/2013)

 Conspiration présumée au Tchad: deux députés et deux militaires laissés en liberté provisoire (RFI, 23/05/2013

 La BAD lance de nouvelles autoroutes de l’information (BAD, 22/05/2013)

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23 May 2013

Mali + 2 others
Point sur la situation alimentaire au Sahel - Suivi de campagne n°145- début mai 2013

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— Afrique Verte

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Debut mai, la tendance générale des prix des céréales sèches est à la : hausse au Mali, stabilité au Niger et baisse au Burkina

23 May 2013

Niger
Assemblée mondiale de la santé : la volonté du Niger à lutter contre les crises nutritionnelles

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Les travaux de la 66e session de l'Assemblée mondiale de la santé se poursuivent à Genève, avec notamment les allocutions des délégations ministérielles. Ce mercredi matin, le Niger s'est inquiété de la situation épidémiologique et nutritionnelle dans ce pays sahélien. Et pour réduire cette prévalence, Niamey a adopté de nouvelles politiques nutritionnelles et un plan pour lutter contre la malnutrition infantile.

23 May 2013

Mali
Emergency funds are helping families survive year of shocks

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— Mercy Corps

Last summer, Aissata Diallo watched her son leave their village in northern Mali. She did not want to let him go, but since her husband died, she had struggled to feed her four children — and at the height of the region’s hunger crisis, their situation had become desperate.

“I have no source of income and no plot to grow food,” she explained. “Often all we had is what neighbors gave me from the rest of their meal.”

So her oldest son, still far from an adult, went looking for work to help the family. She hasn’t heard from him since.

22 May 2013

Mali + 3 others
Sahel: Millions need long-term support

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

The UN’s senior humanitarian representative in the Sahel region of West Africa has called on the international community to maintain its commitment to millions of people who face another year threatened by malnutrition, displacement, conflict and high food prices.

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22 May 2013

Niger + 1 other
Niger Bulletin humanitaire numéro 20 - 22 mai 2013

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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FAITS SAILLANTS

• Les premières réponses d’urgence s’organisent face à l’afflux de populations fuyant les violences au nord-Nigeria.

• L’épidémie de choléra semble se stabiliser, aucun nouveau cas n’a été enregistré ces derniers jours.

• La récurrence des crises alimentaires pousse de plus en plus de femmes et d’enfants des zones rurales à migrer vers la ville.

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

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22 May 2013

Mali + 10 others
The Growing Crisis in Africa's Sahel Region

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— US Department of State

Testimony, Donald Y. Yamamoto
Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs
Opening Statement
Washington, DC
May 21, 2013

[Before the House Subcommittees on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights; International Organizations; Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Middle East and North Africa]

22 May 2013

Mali
Food distributions in the Menaka Circle to help IDPs

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— Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development

The situation in these regions is critical and humanitarian aid is still very limited

22 May 2013

Mali
Faits et chiffres, janvier – mars 2013

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— ICRC

Protection des détenus et de la population civile

22 May 2013

Niger
Zero child deaths to become new norm in Niger

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— World Vision

World Vision Niger reported zero child deaths in three of the last five months from its 20 area development programmes that serve 45,552 children. This new trend contrasts with the average 10 deaths per month in 2011 and five deaths per month in 2012.

Many children were regularly dying from preventable causes because they were not being taken to the hospital early enough or did not receive treatment for underlying conditions such as malnutrition, which made them vulnerable to malaria and typhoid.

21 May 2013

Niger
Plateforme globale de la réduction des catastrophes : les attentes du Niger pour limiter les séquelles de la sécheresse

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21 May 2013

Mali + 8 others
Sahel Humanitarian Dashboard (May 2013)

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

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21 May 2013

World + 37 others
Global Emergency Overview Snapshot 13 - 21 May 2013

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— Assessment Capacities Project

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The Global Overview collates information from a range of sources and displays it in a manner that allows for quick comparison of different humanitarian crises.

20 May 2013

Gambia
Daa Nyeeno Food Security and Market Information Bulletin for The Gambia, 8 May 2013

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— World Food Programme

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Highlights:

Following the 2011/2 Sahel crisis, protracted food insecurity continues into 2013 in pockets of the country. Humanitarian needs remain for 40,000 people affected subsequently by 2011 drought and 2012 floods in rural and vulnerable urban areas.

20 May 2013

World + 18 others
Managing acute malnutrition at scale - A review of donor and government financing arrangements (Network Paper Issue 75)

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— ODI - Humanitarian Practice Network

Introduction

This review is concerned with the financing arrangements for programmes that address acute malnutrition at scale through the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM). The CMAM approach is geared towards the early detection, treatment and counselling of moderately and severely acutely malnourished children, in the community, by community agents.

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