INTRODUCTION SUDAN NAMIBIA MAURITANIA MADAGASCAR MALI MALAWI LIBERIA GUINEA-BISSAU KENYA IVORY COAST ETHIOPIA GUINEA GUINEA DJIBOUTI ERITREA CHAD DEMOCRATIC REP. OF CONGO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CAMEROON BURUNDI BURUNDI BURKINA FASO BENIN ANGOLA SENEGAL NIGER RWANDA RWANDA SOMALIA REPUBLIC OF CONGO TOGO SIERRA LEONE LESOTHO MOZAMBIQUE SWAZILAND ZIMBABWE ZAMBIA TANZANIA UGANDA

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MAURITANIA

Estimated population: 3.06m

Projected number needing food aid: 0.4m

Key underlying reasons:

  • After-effects of 2004 drought and locusts
  • Desertification
  • Rising unemployment as people leave the countryside
Eyewitness
Mohamed Barou, Red Cross: "Chronic malnutrition is a big problem here. There are 109 death per 1,000 children here compared to three per 1,000 in Spain."

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