UNHCR Stepping Up Humanitarian Response In Africa’s Sahel Region

U.N. News: Africa’s Sahel: Act now before the crisis ‘becomes unmanageable,’ urges Grandi
“The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) is stepping up response in Africa’s Sahel region where escalating violence has forced a rising number of people to flee their homes. Agency chief Filippo Grandi this week concluded a visit to three affected countries — Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Niger — expressing alarm over the rapidly deteriorating situation…” (2/5).

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