Burkina Faso: Food insecurity and malnutrition in West and Central Africa at 10-year high as crisis spreads to coastal countries

18 April 2023
Countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal
Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children’s Fund, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme

For the first time in the Sahel, 45,000 people are forecast to experience catastrophic (phase 5) levels of hunger – one step away from famine – including 42,000 in Burkina and 2,500 in Mali.