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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

MALI: UN FOOD AGENCY ‘URGENTLY WORKING’ TO AID COMMUNITIES DESPITE INSECURITY

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MALI: UN FOOD AGENCY 'URGENTLY WORKING' TO AID COMMUNITIES DESPITE
INSECURITYNew York, Apr 16 2013 1:00PMThe continuing conflict in Mali
combined with the country's impending "lean season" is threatening to
aggravate hunger in the Sahelian nation, the United Nations food aid
agency warned today, adding that it was "urgently working" with
partner organizations to help affected families, particularly in the
country's North.

"I was able to go to Timbuktu last week and I saw how critical the
humanitarian situation really is," Sally Haydock, Country Director in
Mali for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), reported in a
<"http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-working-bring-urgently-needed-food-northern-mali-food-security-worsens">news
release.

According to the agency, one household out of five in the northern
regions of Timbuktu, Gao and Kidal faces extreme food shortages, with
a significant deterioration of household food consumption in the past
week.

"The areas around Timbuktu are unsecured and difficult to access,
markets are not functioning properly, food prices are high, fuel
prices are high, and there is a lack of liquidity, which means that
people are not able to buy the basic necessities," Ms. Haydock
continued.

Northern Mali was occupied by radical Islamists after fighting broke
out in January 2012 between Government forces and Tuareg rebels,
uprooting hundreds of thousands of people.

However, with fast approach of the so-called "lean season" – a
three-month dry period stretching from April to June – the WFP is
planning to provide food assistance to 145,000 people in Timbuktu,
86,700 in Gao, and 34,500 in Kidal.

In addition, the agency plans to support over half a million people in
Mali on a monthly basis despite an overall budgetary shortfall of $159
million.

Following her visit to Mali in early March, WFP Executive Director
Ertharin Cousin similarly underscored the UN's resolve to feed the
country's northern areas with shipments of food by road and riverboat.

"People are still suffering; the crisis is not over," Ms. Cousin said.
"It is not safe in many of the communities in the North and people
cannot go home. We need to continue to provide support so children can
continue to receive food assistance."Apr 16 2013 1:00PM
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