Crisis prevention remains a major challenge in West Africa Oxfam
and Bilital Maroobe urge the international community: Act now
and differently This year, 10 million people were affected by
the Sahel food crisis and pastoral populations have been the
most affected. On average, 18.3% of the population in Niger,
Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso are undernourished. This figure
rises to 37% for Chad. In this context, Bilital Maroobe and
international agency Oxfam warn: “We should not wait another
major food crisis to start acting.” Given the rapid expansion
and recurrence of the crises and the inadequate responses of
policy makers and other actors, it is necessary to rethink the
strategies to be implemented in order to respond to these
recurring disasters in West Africa. Dodo Boureima, Permanent
Technical Secretary of Bilital Maroobe Network, said: “We have
to be prepared to act now by learning from the consequences of
previous humanitarian disasters and, above all, by adapting
responses to specific needs and taking in