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February 15th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The deputy UN emergency relief coordinator, Catherine Bragg, said on Tuesday that six countries in the Sahel — Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Senegal — require emergency funding of more than $700 million for food security, water, health, and sanitation.
Meanwhile, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) issued a statement on Tuesday, urging the international community to respond quickly to avert a humanitarian disaster in the region.
“IFRC is urging donors to come to the aid of the Sahel but also to invest in longer term resilience to break the cycle of chronic food shortages in the region,” the statement said.
The IFRC said the number of those affected by drought in the Sahel could rise to 23 million if the region’s acute needs continue to be neglected.
Africa’s Sahel region is particularly prone to drought and famine. In 2010, 10 million people were affected by a severe food crisis.
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