Additional and more balanced funding needed to address pressing needs of Sahel
HIGHLIGHTS
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One out of five people in the Central African Republic have fled their homes
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Violence in Bangui causes over 200,000 new IDPs in December
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Some 10,000 Nigerians have fled violence in the Northeast to neighboring countries
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So far in 2013, 2.5 million people received agriculture assistance in the Sahel
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4.8 million children under five in the Sahel expected to suffer from Global Acute Malnutrition in 2014
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In 2013, floods have affected more than half a million people in West and Central Africa
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To date, the Sahel has received 59 per cent ($1.04 billion) of the USD$1.71 billion requested