HIGHLIGHTS
Humanitarian partners seek US$2 billion for Sahel response in 2016.
4.5 million people displaced in the Sahel, a threefold increase in two years.
Around 4.4 million people in Lake Chad Basins need emergency food assistance
Almost 50,000 people have been displaced by recent violence in CAR, human rights violation continues.
Ebola resurfaces in Liberia. One dead and two recovered
Humanitarian partners seek US$2 billion for Sahel
UN agencies and other humanitarian partners on 9 December launched the 2016 Sahel humanitarian appeal in Dakar, requesting US$1.98 billion to provide vital assistance to millions of people affected by crises in nine countries across the Sahel region. This represents a tenth of the humanitarian response globally for 2016.
“In the Sahel, the combined effects of climate change, abject poverty, fast population growth and a tormenting rise in violence and insecurity dangerously undermine the lives, assets and future prospects of some of the most vulnerable communities in the world,” said Toby Lanzer, Assistant Secretary-General and Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel, speaking at the launch.
KEY FIGURES
Food insecure people in 2016 in Sahel 23.5 million
No. of Ebola cases in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since 20 November People at risk of epidemics targeted for assistance in the Sahel 6.8 million
Children at risk of malnutrition in 2016 5.9 million
FUNDING OF THE SAHEL STRATEGY
US$1.976 billion requested in 2015 $820 million received (in SRP)