Food crisis in Mali
16-09-2010 FilmRef. CR-F-01064w
The lack of significant rainfall from September 2009 to July this year is one of the main causes of the serious food crisis in Mali and Niger. The ICRC assists the population by buying livestock from local pastoralists and distributing meat, for instance in this village in northern Mali.
See also:
News release: Niger/Mali: 300,000 people suffering from drought receive emergency aid
TV news footage: Mali/Niger: over 300,000 receive ICRC aid during food crisis