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The Sahel declares a food and health emergency
August 02, 2012 - The area of Africa known as the Sahel, which spans across the Sahara desert and includes portions of Niger, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, The Gambia and Senegal, has declared a state of emergency due to food shortages and outbreaks of measles, meningitis and polio.
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