DAKAR (Reuters) - Humanitarian groups led by U.N. agency OCHA called for more aid for the West African state of Niger on Wednesday, citing a growing risk of disease and death after failed rains.
Niger and neighbouring Chad, already among the poorest nations in the world, are at the centre of a food crisis seen affecting 10 million people in the Sahel region over coming weeks.
The move to increase the aid appeal for Niger to $253 million from $191 million was expected after new figures last month showed that over one in five children were already facing acute malnutrition in worst-hit regions.
