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West Africa | Senegal Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society | Politics UN expands food aid in West Africa afrol News, 29 July - The United Nations food agency World Food Programme (WFP) has announced plans to increase food aid in West Africa to counter problems caused by soaring food prices.WFP had already began operations in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Mauritania three months ago, but it now plans to provide assistance to an additional 1.4 million people in the region this year, spreading its tentacles to Liberia, Burkina Faso, and Senegal by September. The figure is below the agency's initial plans to assist an estimated 3.6 million people in West Africa in 2008. By staff writer © afrol News |
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