this map shows nations hit 2010 sahel african famine. orange-tinted nations in immediate risk of or had famine according un/icrc or aid organisations cafod. yellow-tinted nations had heavy sandstorm, food shortages or drought, did not go far have actual famine itself.
july saw sporadic , small-scale food riots in sudan s blue nile, janub darfur, south kordofan , north kordofan departments. muslim hands charity set appeal , sent aid niger , mali in july. worst niger famine since 1984, 3,500,000 people starving.
on 6 july, methodist relief , development fund (mrdf) aid experts said more 1,500,000 nigerians @ risk of famine due month-long heat wave hovering on niger, mali, mauritania , morocco. fund of £20,000 distributed crisis-hit countries of niger, mali, burkina faso , mauritania.
the heat wave left morocco iberian peninsula on 11 july attributed regional hot air currents depart sahara desert in northern africa @ 1,000 meters in altitude. facilitated movement in hot air towards balkans , ukraine via straits of gibraltar, spain , italy. unusually hot weather reported in parts of algeria on 11 july.
on 12 july 2010, local goat farmer killed , small flock stolen chadian refugees in south darfur region of sudan. un s wfp body estimated 2,500,000 @ risk of famine breaking out in part of niger.
on 13 july, usaid funded famine warning systems network (fews net), , un warned of food supply shortage in northern sudan, increasing food insecurity focused on war torn darfur region , other neighboring areas. deteriorating security situation in conflict zone predicted reduce both productivity , peoples access local agricultural well, disrupting seasonal livestock migration. usaid/ofda provided $133,200,000 u.n. food , agriculture organization (fao) remedy crisis in 3 darfur states. concerns raised situation in chad,
three years of famine , recent sandstorms devastated niger on 14 july. diarrhoea, starvation, gastroenteritis, malnutrition , respiratory diseases kill , sicken many children. new military junta appealed international food aid , has taken serious steps call overseas since coming office in february 2010. sudan witnessed minor food rioting in southern kordofan, blue nile, , abyei profiteering locals , merchants , ugandan exporters took advantage of shortages in order heavily mark selling prices.
15 july saw more border conflicts between nuer , dinka, further hindering aid workers in southern sudan.
on 17 july, mohamed béavogui, director of western , central africa division of international fund agricultural development (ifad), called more international people of sahel, had 410,000 tons of cereals , 20,000 tons of fodder deficit. condemned world not doing enough sahel, stopped short of cheminade s idea of pumping water zaire river lake chad reinvigorate water supply , stop further shrinkage.
on 24 july, british red cross flew logistics teams bristol airport niger army , local officials transportation. relief effort has been made possible response red cross s west africa crisis appeal, aims raise £500,000. according un agencies, 200,000 children need treatment malnutrition in niger alone, oxfam put out £7,000,000 appeal cover both chad , niger.
france sent unspecified food , cash aid mali on 25 july.
on 26 july heat reached near-record levels on chad , niger, , 20 had reportedly died in northern niger of dehydration on 27 july.
27 july saw critical situation occurring in northern mali , chad. 8,000,0000 nigerians, 1,600,000 chadians , 500,000 malians on verge of major food shortage nigerian journalist tidiane kassé said tackling consequences rather causes better form of long-term region.
on 31 july, leading economists predicted food prices, wheat, rise in chad russia ends exports due domestic drought destroying wheat , barley harvests.
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