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A mother (wearing a mask against COVID-19) and two young girls

Crisis in the Central Sahel

Advocacy brief | October 2020

A nurse measures the brachial perimeter of a child suffering from acute malnutrition

West and Central Africa: More than 15 million expected cases of acute malnutrition in 2020

United Nations Agencies alert on unprecedented impact of food insecurity and COVID-19 on child malnutrition

Malnutrition Crisis

Acting Now to Avert a Nutrition Crisis in the Sahel region

A Deteriorating Nutrition Situation in the Sahel region

Children sitting outside together

2.3 million children in need of protection in the Central Sahel region in 2020, a more than 80 per cent increase in one year

Existing child protection crisis worsens amid COVID-19

Mother gives her children the porridge that was just prepared during the sensitization session

UN agencies raise alarm in the Central Sahel where millions face hunger amid rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis

Woman reading with light

Nearly 5 million children will need humanitarian assistance in central Sahel this year as violence surges

Number is projected to rise as attacks against children increase in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

Adjaratou Lompo

Adjaratou Lompo

In Burkina Faso, filmmaker Adjaratou Lompo uses her craft to give women a voice.

Young Child getting married

Burkina Faso: Artist Smarty is committed to fight child marriage

Child eating

Early action and scale-up of emergency response 2018

How FAO, UNICEF and WFP addressed the immediate needs of the most vulnerable people?

Girl at school in Diffa

School closures in the Sahel double in the last two years due to growing insecurity – UNICEF

School closures in the Sahel double in the last two years due to growing insecurity – UNICEF