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Editor-in-Chief: Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman
The News International
As per the Index, the top-three 'failed states' are Somalia, Chad and Sudan. Somalia hasn't had an effective government since 1991. Economic growth is stuck at under three percent and the economy is dependent on foreign remittances and the informal ...

Aid groups: Nearly $200 million still needed to fight hunger in Africa's Sahel ...
Washington Post
Aid agencies first warned of a pending emergency in late 2011, and now say women in Chad are searching anthills for grains in order to survive. Others are traveling by donkey in hopes of getting their malnourished children to feed centers.

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Aid groups: Funds needed to fight Africa hunger
MiamiHerald.com
Aid agencies first warned of a pending emergency in late 2011, and now say women in Chad are searching anthills for grains in order to survive. Others are traveling by donkey in hopes of getting their malnourished children to feed centers.

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Southport-born international emergency programme co-ordinator Rachid Bouminjel ...
Southport Visiter
... people at risk in Chad, Mali and Niger. Severe drought and pests caused this year's crop failure and triggered soaring food prices. Conflict in neighbouring countries disrupted trade and put a stop to crucial remittances from migrant workers.

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German Govt. Supports IOM's efforts to reintegrate Chadian Migrants from Libya
News Pakistan
"The sudden return from Libya of some 90000 Chadian migrant workers to their home communities and the resulting loss of remittances is putting additional strain on their families and home communities," says Qasim Sufi, IOM's Chief of Mission in Chad.

Sahel Food Crisis: Chad's Perfect Storm
Think Africa Press
An estimated 90000 migrant workers returned to Chad last year – many of them to the Kanem region. As well as adding further pressure on the region, the money that they were sending home to their families as remittances has now stopped.

Microfinance's Odd Couple
Sustainable Business Forum
(CARE then stood for Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe. Who knew?) Mennonites are a Christian, but neither Catholic nor Protestant, faith organization with a strong tradition of pacifism and service. Together, they stand behind a ...

International intervention and its humanitarian consequences in Libya and ...
Open Democracy
IOM had already registered 780 returnees in Mauritania, 11230 in Mali, 82433 in Chad and 95760 in Niger by December 2011. There have been multiples consequences due to the arrival of returnees en masse. Firstly, the reduction of remittances reduces the ...

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William J. Garvelink and Farha Tahir
The Cutting Edge
But the brewing food crisis, spanning Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Chad, has been overstated, and the headlines fail to identify the core causes of food insecurity and malnutrition in the region.