Reference :
V-P-ML-E-00008
Date :
12/03/2012
Caption :
Northern Mali, Gao. A displaced person receives a sack of millet from the ICRC and the Mali Red Cross.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
ICRC website, Operational Update, 16-03-2012
Mali: situation critical for victims of fighting
Some 72,000 displaced people have fled their homes in northern Mali according to ICRC and Mali Red Cross estimates. Many are living in extremely precarious conditions. Against a backdrop of ongoing armed clashes, the ICRC's priority is to gain access to people who have been displaced, injured and/or detained.
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Population already suffering food crisis
For a population already severely hit by the food insecurity affecting the entire Sahel region, the fighting in northern Mali is making it even harder for them to cope.
From 17 March, as well as providing assistance to those displaced by the violence, the ICRC and the Mali Red Cross will start distributing food to some 50,000 victims of the food crisis in the vicinity of Ménaka.
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Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3648x2736
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
