http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Cameroon Country content en http://www.wfp.org/content/sahel-malnourished-remain-above-one-million-2013 Despite good rains across much of the Sahel this year, 1.4 million children are expected to be malnourished - up from one million in 2012, according to the 2013 Sahel regional strategy. (..) But humanitarians worry of donor fatigue and many are concerned possible military intervention in Mali will distract donors from the chronic food insecurity and malnutrition crises in the region. (..) Alain Cordeil, head of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Mauritania, voiced his fears. “If we only have political interest from donors for refugees, we will not solve the problems for this region…This could be very chaotic,” he told IRIN. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia hunger in the news Africa IRIN Fri, 21 Dec 2012 13:26:01 +0000 WFP 367241 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/meeting-rome-un-officials-stress-link-between-food-security-and-peace-sahel Addressing a meeting at the FAO headquarters in Rome – attended by the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on the Sahel, Romano Prodi, and other senior UN officials and mediators dealing directly with the Sahel crisis – FAO’s Director-General, José Graziano da Silva, noted that the relation between food insecurity, hunger and the dispute over natural resources and conflicts was particularly evident in the Sahel. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger The Gambia hunger in the news Africa UN News Centre Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:22:47 +0000 WFP 361583 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/building-resilience-key-restoring-sahel-food-security As this year's emergency winds down, the question on aid workers' minds is, "How can the Sahel break from its recurring cycle of food crises?" U.N. Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, David Gressly, said now is the time to end chronic food insecurity. Aid agencies say they are working to build the "resilience" of the most vulnerable communities, but more needs to be done. (..) Aid agencies also say that prevention is cheaper than treatment. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Senegal The Gambia hunger in the news Africa VOA News Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:49:07 +0000 WFP 350649 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/west-africa-after-drought-floods-and-harvest-worries An active monsoon and above normal temperatures triggered heavy downpours and flash floods during this year’s rainy season across West Africa and the Sahel, killing hundreds of people, displacing hundreds of thousands more and devastating farms in some of the countries already hit by a severe drought and acute food shortages. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Malawi Mauritania The Gambia Sahel hunger in the news Africa IRIN Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:26:25 +0000 WFP 307478 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/despite-food-assistance-sahel-food-crisis-still-persists-%E2%80%93-un-agency The growing regularity of droughts across the Sahel region has left millions in need of emergency food assistance, the UN humanitarian food agency announced today, while also warning that malnutrition was still rampant in Senegal, Chad, Niger and Mauritania. A spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP), Elisabeth Byrs, told reporters in Geneva that the UN agency already assisted six million people in the Sahel during the month of July – but cautioned that humanitarian needs still remained “huge” ahead of the October harvest. Hunger in the news Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia Sahel hunger in the news Africa UN News Centre Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:20:39 +0000 WFP 307476 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/sahel-crisis-by-country Hunger is on the rise across the Sahel region of West Africa, a massive swathe of territory that stretches across eight countries from Chad in the east to Senegal in the west. Here is a rundown of the situation in each country and a look at how we're responding to help the people who live there.   Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia Sahel Africa Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:25:57 +0000 WFP 222275 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/arrival-lean-season-calls-scale-wfp-operations-cameroon The arrival of the lean season this month is exacerbating conditions in the Far North region of Cameroon.  400,000 people are estimated to be affected by the food and nutrition crisis.   EMOP Logistics Cameroon Sahel Local Africa Emergencies Logistics Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:04:48 +0000 Josefin Barck 280850 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/story-dannina-mother-five-remains-optimistic-amidst-bleak-conditions WFP is providing food assistance to more than 200,000 people affected by crop failure and livestock losses in the Far North region of Cameroon, where poverty rates are well above  than the 40 percent national average.     Focus on Women Preventing Hunger Cameroon Sahel Local Africa Focus on Women Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:30:31 +0000 Josefin Barck 271751 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/sahel-crisis-8-questions-answered For the third time in a decade, drought in the Sahel region of Africa is threatening millions of people with hunger. But how do people survive in these situations and what are we doing to help them? Here are the answers to eight questions about the current hunger crisis in the Sahel and WFP's response to it. Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal Sahel Africa Droughts Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:18:51 +0000 WFP 175948 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/wfp-races-assist-refugees-mali WFP has launched an emergency operation to deliver life-saving food assistance to thousands of people fleeing conflict in Mali. As refugees stream into areas already strained by drought in the Sahel, it's imperative to reach them with assistance in time for the summer Hunger Season. Responding to Emergencies Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Mali Mauritania Niger Senegal The Gambia Sahel Africa Emergencies Refugees and IDPs Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:55 +0000 WFP 247323 at http://www.wfp.org