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West Africa has worst food crisis in decade, aid groups say

FILE- Women crowd a well in the village of Kiral, near Goudoude Diobe in the Matam region of northeastern Senegal, May 1, 2012. A group of international aid organizations said Tuesday April 5, 2022 that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflict, drought, flooding and the crisis in Ukraine that is affecting food prices and worsening an already disastrous situation. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file) FILE — Children help prepare the evening meal in a courtyard in the remote village of Hawkantaki, Niger. A group of international aid organizations said Tuesday April 5, 2022 that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflict, drought, flooding and the crisis in Ukraine that is affecting food prices and worsening an already disastrous situation.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File) FILE — Young girls stand in a field of millet outside the remote village of Hawkantaki, Niger, July 19, 2012. A group of international aid organizations said Tuesday April 5, 2022 that West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflict, drought, flooding and the crisis in Ukraine that is affecting food prices and worsening an already disastrous situation.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
West Africa has worst food crisis in decade, aid groups say