Bintou Traoré is 18 months old but she doesn't look it. She's very small for her age, because her little body just has not had enough nutrients. Bintou is struggling to survive in Mali, where a severe food shortage is affecting not just her, but many thousands like her. Your support can help change this. Even £5 will help UNICEF feed a hungry child for a week. Please donate now and save children's lives: bit.ly Thank you.
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Mali's coup leaders have postponed a national convention to discuss the country's future after several parties said they would not attend. Meanwhile, there's growing alarm about possible food and fuel shortages following sanctions.
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A humanitarian crisis is looming in West Africa. 200000 people have fled Mali to neighbouring countries. 30000 are in Niger, a country already facing a food crisis. Plan are taking proactive steps to improve the lives of 15000 of these refugees in Niger.
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MONDAY 23 APRIL: Released on the eve of the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington DC, April 23-26, 2012, two new films reveal widespread violations of people's rights and environmental destruction from land grabbing in Africa. [1] The films, released by La Via Campesina and Friends of the Earth International, are first-hand accounts of how privatisation of land, and corporate-friendly policies promoted by the World Bank lead to violent displacements, hunger and facilitate the global takeover of community land by private interests. In Mali, Libyan multinational corporation MALIBYA has been awarded 100000 hectares of prime agricultural land to grow export crops and livestock. The 25 Billion dollar project includes building one of the largest irrigation canals in Africa allowing Mali's precious water supply to be used by MALIBYA. The project is intended to develop agricultural industry through foreign direct investment -- a strategy aggressively promoted by the World Bank. In reality it has already violently displaced hundreds of families and demolished entire villages. Farmers are deprived of their livelihood and the capacity of the local people to feed themselves is hampered. In Uganda, the World Bank has provided millions in funding and technical support to a large scale expansion of palm oil at the expense of local food crops and forest. Communities are losing access to land for farming, firewood, forest products and water supplies. Despite promises of ...
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Ja kohtumine Goncaloga and meeting with Goncalo.
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Djibril Oualid and his family are one of 2000 people who have escaped the Tuareg rebellion violence in the northern part of Mali, seeking refuge at Gaoudel in the Niger border village. Men, women and children are seen resting under makeshift huts for shelter. These refugees are happy to be safe despite the limited provision of food, water and medical supplies. Oualid said the rebels took everything away from them aside destroying their country. "I think that this is still early days of their arrival here in Niger and as it is very normal during this first few days of course they have needs about food, the basics needs like access to water, sanitation and so on," said Janet Lim, assistant High Commissioner for the UN refugee agency UNHCR. Although Niger is enduring a national food shortage and irregular rainfalls, the country continues to receive refugees with the help from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, by means of amenities distribution and setting up a new refugee camp to deal with incoming refugees. Neighboring countries, Mauritania and Algeria, UN allies are also accommodating refugees, while a call for a ceasefire and negotiations continue. According to Niger's government an estimated 25000 refugees are seeking refuge in Niger since the conflict initiated. Speaker: Janet Lim, assistant High Commissioner for the UN refugee agency UNHCR. By Noora Faraj Al Arabiya with Agencies
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In 2000, USC Canada produced a 15 minute educational program exploring the issue of food security. Using examples from our programs in Mali and Nepal, you'll see how, in the communities where we work, our partners are ensuring everyone has access to enough safe and nutritious Food. USC would like to thank Kensington Communications (www.kensingtontv.com or youtube.com/user/KensingtonTV) for their generous support in producing this video.
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Reporting from Mangezi Refugee Camp on the border of Mali and Niger. About 13 million people across West Africa are either already facing desperate food shortages or are in imminent danger of such shortages. You can help World Vision provide food and water to the children and families at camps like Mangezi. Educate others on this worsening situation by sharing this video, and visit worldvision.ca to make a donation today.
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12-year-old Donkii loves music, dancing, and pounding millet to help feed her family. But this year, the rains were not good in Niger making the harvest only a tenth of what families need to survive. A poor harvest and the global food crisis are forcing children like Donkii to go hungry every day, affecting her health and future. Funds raised from this year's 40 Hour Famine will help children in Niger and Mali like Donkii have food year round. Her future isn't decided. We can do something. Go hard out for the hungry: bit.ly
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UNICEF correspondent Bob Coen reports on an increase in child malnutrition in Mali as the Sahel region is gripped by a severe food crisis. For more information, please visit: www.unicef.org
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There's heaps of excitement for this year's 40 Hour Famine, and no wonder why... this year's Famine funds are going to help the people in Mali and Niger where drought and the global food crisis are crippling their food supply. With that in mind, thousands of young Kiwis are going hard out, raising money and awareness and participating in events and their own famine with the 40 Hour Famine. And, we've got heaps of surprises and challenges this year starting with our 2012 celebrity team captains who are in a full on colour competition to get the biggest team and raise the most money to help children in Mali and Niger. Whose team will you join? Tell us on Facebook: on.fb.me And tweet your team colour with the hashtags below: #TeamRed: Brad and Marty (The Edge Nightshow) #TeamBlue: Ido Drent (Shortland Street) #TeamGreen: Tumehe and Shannon (FOUR Live) #TeamYellow: Serena and Erin (The Erin Simpson Show) Register your group for the 40 Hour Famine: bit.ly Famine weekend is 25-27 May.
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Choumicha, famous TV presenter of Moroccan cuisine, honors the recipes that travelers can discover during their journey to Morocco on holiday or weekend at Domaine Malka, near Marrakech. Our charming and luxury boutique hotel in the High Atlas mountains share with you some of these culinary secrets. Fouzia, the chef, welcomes you into her kitchen for cooking classes.
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Nearly 50000 Malians have taken refuge in Burkina Faso after fleeing the fighting that began in Mali in January. International aid has been slow and insufficient; there is not enough food or water. Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is providing medical care to the refugees, and to the residents of the area who are also affected by drought.
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West Africa is on the verge of a hunger crisis. Following a lack of rainfall, there are severe crop shortages, across West Africa in Niger, Mali and Chad, which is leading to a sharp rise in food prices. Islamic Relief has permanent offices in Niger, Mali and Chad and are responding to the situation in the hope that it doesn't escalate to a famine. www.islamic-relief.org.uk
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Tuareg rebels in northern Mali pushed south to occupy positions vacated by government forces, sources said, as mutinous soldiers in the distant capital sought to complete a coup by arresting the president. The MNLA rebels were approaching towns in the desert north, apparently taking advantage of the confusion created by a coup attempt in the capital Bamako by low-ranking soldiers angry at the government's handling of the uprising. By late on Wednesday, the mutinous soldiers had over-run the presidential palace, were in control of state television and roamed the streets of Bamako. But President Amadou Toumani Toure's whereabouts were still unconfirmed, officials said. Mali, which was flooded with men and weapons after Libya's civil war, was being rocked by crises - including the Tuareg-led rebellion, a growing Islamist threat and a food crisis - well before the soldiers mutinied. A Malian officer in the northern town of Kidal said rebels had occupied the military camp in Anefis, 100 km (60 miles) to the southwest, after government forces withdrew. "The army has pulled back to Gao," a source in Timbuktu, another main town in the north, told Reuters, asking not to be named. "There is no longer any military leadership. (The rebels) will take the towns in the north," he said. The MNLA rebels, whose numbers have been swollen by Malian Tuareg returning from the ranks of Libya's army, have been fighting since mid-January for an independent north. They have pushed government ...
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Close to 70000 refugees from the conflict in Mali have come to the M'bera refugee camp in Mauritania in search of food and safety. Drought across the Sahel region of Africa has made life precarious for residents and refugees alike. With the rains fast approaching, it's a race against time to deliver enough food to last the camp through the summer before the roads turn to mud.
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Interview with Caroline Hurford from the World Food Programme
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For the past few years, Mali and Niger have experienced a major food crisis mainly due to drought. The ICRC assists the population by buying livestock from local pastoralists and distributing meat, for instance in this village in northern Mali.
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In Mali's rural areas, most young people leave the villages to try and find work in the cities. This is known as "the exodus" and it has a devastating effect on the social fabric of remote areas. The elderly and the children remain, struggling to produce enough food. But now young people like Diallo Haroun are returning to their villages because of a new project which offers training and creates employment opportunities.
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UNICEF - 23 May 2012 - UNICEF correspondent Bob Coen reports on UNICEF programmes that are assisting malnourished children in drought-stricken Mali.
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