UN World Food Programme: “Some 10 million people in the Sahel region of West-Central Africa risk going hungry as the summer lean season arrives on the heels of a long drought. WFP is stepping up operations in four countries of the Sahel, to ease the suffering of those hardest hit. “The Sahel is one of the most destitute regions in the world and the spectre of hunger is pushing increasing numbers of people from the countryside into the cities where they are searching for food to feed their families,” said Thomas Yanga, WFP Regional Director for West Africa.”