USA Africa Dialogue Series - Mali a threat to global security according to the UN

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NIAMEY - The United Nations Organization in Niamey on Monday called the community
to find an international solution to the crisis in Mali, which could threaten security "global", and to help the thousands of Malian refugees in the Sahel, a region on the food crisis. "We are very concerned about what happens in Mali and its impact on the region," said Antonio Guterres told reporters, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). "We must create the conditions so that this crisis does not become a threat to global security '. "I call for a commitment of the international community for a solution to the crisis in Mali. (...) Otherwise, there is a risk of a threat to regional peace and security worldwide," he warned. Antonio Guterres also urged "international solidarity" of the approximately " 160,000 "Malian refugees in neighboring countries, including about 40,000 in Niger, and to curb the severe food crisis in Niger. Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), said his agency needs $ 100 million "` by the end of the year "to help Niger to overcome the food crisis in recent months after another drought. Only 40% of these funds have been mobilized , she said. The WFP launched an emergency operation to `assist food to nearly 4 million people in Niger.


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