October 10, 2026

In mid-2010, the UN's World Food Organisation, Oxfam and MSF warned of an impending famine affecting Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Mauritania and northern Nigeria. Heavy drought and high heat had already hit the region. Which major food crisis in Africa's Sahel is being described?

A Tunisian bread riots
B 2008 Irish pork crisis
C 2010 Sahel famine
D Suez Crisis

Burkina Faso and Mali were both at the heart of the 2010 Sahel famine. In June 2010 the UN's World Food Organisation, Oxfam and MSF warned of an impending famine across Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger and northern Nigeria.

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