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Democracy in Development: Food Crisis in the Sahel

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  • Isobel Coleman
    Senior Fellow and Director of the Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative; Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program

Yesterday I published a post on my blog, Democracy in Development, about the food crisis in Africa’s Sahel and the political instability in Mali. I discuss the need for both immediate aid and longer-term solutions to bolster food security. As I note:

Already, some 18 million people in the Sahel region are confronting a severe food shortage. The hunger crisis is most immediately tied to inadequate rainfall, small crop yields, and high food prices, but conflict makes the situation all the more severe.

You can read the full post here.