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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa's Sahel

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia's war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs.

The hunger crisis may press increased numbers of people to migrate out of the affected areas, said a U.N. official.

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