Mauritania: Shortages Hit Millions

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Twenty million people in the north African Sahel region are experiencing “serious” food shortages, aid workers said Wednesday. The crisis has engulfed 4.3 million Malians, including those displaced after Islamist militants took over northern Mali last year, spurring an exodus.