Mauritania
With a vast desert area, only 0.5% of Mauritanian territory is actually agriculturally feasible. Furthermore, inhabited principally by a nomad population, only 40% of its people reside in urban areas, which makes for a difficult access to basic necessities such as drinkable water or satisfactory sanitary conditions, even registering one of the worst rates in the world.
Global Hunger Index
Serious
Population
3 million
Malnutrition in Children under 5 Years Old
16.7% in 2008.
Beneficiaries
37,888 in 2011
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Recent News
Millions in the Sahel Face Food Crisis without Increased Funding
April 23, 2012
Breaking News Press Releases
A huge gap in funding for aid projects aimed at preventing the deepening food crisis in the Sahel is threatening to leave millions of people hungry in the coming months, a coalition of aid agencies has warned today.... Read
Sahel Crisis: Regional Food Emergency Intensifies in Mali, Mauritania
April 9, 2012
Current Events
As the regional food crisis intensifies in Africa’s Sahel region, we’ve worked to provide you with the latest information. Most recently, we wrote about the situation on the ground in Chad, where food shortages, price hikes, and drought have put many thousands of children in danger.... Read
Cash Transfers a Successful Antidote to Sahel Emergency
March 7, 2012
Breaking News
Although it may seem counter-intuitive in the context of a humanitarian emergency, money can be one of the most effective mediums for saving lives during emergencies such as that unfolding across the Sahel—a crisis in which three million children are expected to become severely malnourished in the coming months.... Read
Pastoral Populations Face Food, Fodder Shortages Across the Sahel
February 17, 2012
Breaking News
A major food crisis looms over the Sahel, a zone that extends across the African continent, separating Sahara and savanna. Some 2.6 million children are at risk of deadly malnutrition as pastoralist populations, largely dependent on biomass-rich pastures for grazing livestock, face widespread shortages of food and fodder.... Read
A Million Children At Risk of Deadly Malnutrition in the Sahel
February 2, 2012
Breaking News
More than 10 million people are at risk of food shortages across Africa’s Sahel region, including communities in Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, South Sudan, and Ethiopia.... Read
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