World Food Programme and Unicef warn that inability to access areas of north amid continued violence has left schools and health centres bereft of assistanceAid agencies have warned that security issues are harming the health,education and nutrition of children in Mali, where the unchecked spread of Islamic extremist violence has left many schools and health centres beyond the reach of humanitarian programmes.
The targeting of hotels has raised international awareness of attacks in the Sahel region by groups affiliated to al-Qaida – final week’s massacre in Burkina Faso, or for which al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility,followed an attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in the Malian capital Bamako final November in which 21 people died. But the main obstacle to humanitarian efforts is in rural areas, according to World Food Programme (WFP) country representative Sally Haydock.
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Source: theguardian.com