Oxfam warns millions still being neglected

Floods and heavy rains across Niger have destroyed crops less than two months before harvest, compounding the country’s existing food crisis, said international aid agency Oxfam. Flooding has killed at least six people, left thousands homeless, ruined crops and forced hungry families to crisis point.

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Millions of hungry people across the Sahel likely to receive no aid, warns Oxfam

Insufficient funding and delays in food delivery threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands in the Sahel belt of West Africa, warns the international agency Oxfam. The relief group said there was little excuse for the lack of adequate funding and delays when the international community had been warned of the magnitude of the unfolding crisis for months.

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