Mali : Situation Report N°1 23 Avril 2012
At least 270,000 people have been displaced as a result of conflict in northern Mali since 17 January.
· According to UNHCR, 131,561 Malian refugees have been officially registered in Mauritania, Burkina Faso and Niger. At least 30,000 more are in Algeria according to the Algerian government.
· Limited humanitarian access in northern Mali remains a key concern and significantly complicates information gathering, needs assessments, and response.
· Considerable gaps remain in the funding and response to refugees and host communities.
· The conflict has exacerbated a larger food security and nutrition crisis affecting the entire Sahel
region. Across the Sahel, over 15 million people – including 3.5 million Malians – could face severe
food security this year, and over 1 million children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition.
· IDPs and refugees are arriving in severely drought-affected areas where food security forecasts are
among the worst in the host countries.
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