The UN has released $7 million to support 423,000 people affected by insecurity in Mali
Kathmandu: The UN Central Emergency Response Fund on Wednesday released 7 million U.S. dollars for people suffering insecurity in Mali’s north.
Humanitarian needs in Mali are dreadful, as the country faces a multidimensional crisis. This year, humanitarians will need 868 million U.S. dollars to help 6.2 million people.
Dujarric said that UN Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths, the world body’s humanitarian relief coordinator, allocated the life-saving assistance to support 423,000 people impacted by hostilities in the Gao, Kidal and Mopti regions, including internally displaced people, refugees and host communities.
This new allocation will support projects for education and protection adding that the areas of health, water and hygiene, shelter and psychological assistance will be covered.
Mali has been engulfed in security, political and economic crises since 2012. Independence insurgencies, jihadist incursions and inter-communal violence have left thousands dead and hundreds of thousands more displaced in the West African nation.
Only last month, the UN peacekeeping mission, known as MINUSMA, reported two peacekeepers were killed and four others injured in the northern town of Timbuktu.
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