UN chief Antonio Guterres put forward four options to back up a regional anti-jihadist force, including setting up a UN support office in the Sahel and sharing resources from the 13,000-strong peacekeeping mission in Mali
NEW YORK - 31 May 2018: UNICEF is warning that hundreds of thousands of severely malnourished children in Mali are at risk of dying, as the security situation in the country worsens, The Voice of America reported Wednesday.
The United Nations reports that attacks by extremists and criminals in northern and central Mali are rising at an alarming rate, with many civilians being deliberately targeted.
UNICEF spokesman Christophe Boulierac said more than a million children are going hungry because of severe food shortages.
"More than 850,000 children under the age of 5 are at risk of global acute malnutrition this year, including 274,000 children facing severe malnutrition and at imminent risk of death," he said.
"This represents a 34 percent increase and is largely due to the worsening food security situation in parts of the country."
The UN reports 20 percent of the country is suffering from food insecurity and 1.2 million people lack water, sanitation and basic hygiene.
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