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West Africa's Sahel Belt Could Face Famine In 2010
The European Commission's humanitarian aid department warned Thursday that West Africa's Sahel belt could face famine this year, with millions potentially affected, Reuters reports (John, 1/29). "We are already into what looks like a period of extreme vulnerability and extreme difficulty for the most disadvantaged of the population," according to Brian O'Neill, regional sector head of European Commission Humanitarian Aid (ECHO), Agence France-Presse writes.
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