Le nord du Mali passera à un niveau d’urgence (1) en matière de sécurité alimentaire, dans moins de deux mois, si la situation sécuritaire et l’accès humanitaire aux communautés vulnérables ne s’améliorent pas, alertent quatre organisations humanitaires suite à l’analyse des experts du Cadre harmonisé (2).

Jusqu'à deux tiers (3) de la population des trois régions du Nord du Mali (Gao, Tombouctou et Kidal) vit actuellement en situation de crise d’insécurité alimentaire, avec deux cercles de Kidal déjà en situation d’urgence.

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Du 02 jusqu´au 06 février 2013, un team de Welthungerhilfe a mené des enquêtes à Diabaly pour collecter des informations sur la situation après le conflit. Ce document présente les résultats succinctes de la mission ainsi que des mesures d’accompagnement en terme d’action d’assistance, que l´ONG allemande va mettre à exécution avec son partenaire local GSS (Groupe Solidarité pour le Sahel).

(16.01.2013) Welthungerhilfe is responding to the escalating humanitarian situation of the people in Mali. Continued fighting in the North of this African country has prompted Welthungerhilfe to send out additional helpers. In addition, it is also providing EUR 100,000 of immediate aid.

The 2012 GHI report focuses particularly on the issue of how to ensure sustainable food security under conditions of water, land, and energy stress. Demographic changes, rising incomes and associated consumption patterns, and climate change, alongside persistent poverty and inadequate policies and institutions, are all placing serious pressure on natural resources.

In the run-up to the forthcoming G8 summit, the Welthungerhilfe is reminding the Federal Government that key promises from the 2009 meeting in L'Aquila remain unfulfilled. At this summit, governmental leaders from the large industrialised countries agreed to make a total of 22 billion dollars available for agriculture and food security between 2010 and 2012. Three years ago saw global food prices reach record highs and the summit represented the beginning of a new initiative for securing food, for which an additional 6 billion dollar was supposed to be earmarked.

Introduction

A second devastating drought catastrophe is emerging on the African continent. The West African countries in the Sahel zone, namely Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, are the worst hit, and this will lead to a grave shortage of food in spring 2012. The latest rainy season in these countries was poor and the number of crops harvested to date lies well below the normal yield.

Washington, D.C.—Growing demand for biofuels, extreme weather and climate change, and increased financial activity through commodity futures markets are the main causes of high and volatile food prices, according to the 2011 Global Hunger Index report, The Challenge of Hunger: Taming Price Spikes and Excessive Food Price Volatility.

(20.09.2011) Welthungerhilfe is helping the victims of the latest flooding in the Sindh province in southern Pakistan. Over four million people have been affected by the flooding; almost one million houses have been destroyed; and more than 220,000 people are living in encampments, having lost everything. Welthungerhilfe is providing 10,000 tarpaulins and 5,000 hygiene parcels containing buckets, soap, mosquito nets and pots and pans.