FILE PHOTO: A girl who fled with her parents from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region carries wood for a cooking fire at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kaya, Burkina Faso November 23, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
GENEVA (Reuters) - Food rations for refugees and displaced people are being cut by up to half in parts of the Sahel due to a massive funding shortfall with millions set to go hungry as prices rise and climate shocks hit yields, U.N. agencies said on Friday.
The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) estimates that some 18 million people face severe food insecurity in the next three months across the arid belt that stretching across Africa beneath the Sahara. Its $3.8 billion appeal for the region is less than 12% funded, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said.
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