The World Food Programme, WFP said a “dramatichumanitarian crisis” is unfolding in the three Sahel countries of Burkina Faso,Mali and Niger, fuelled by conflict, displacements, hunger and poverty. The Organisation’s Spokesman Herve Verhoosel warnedthat if action is not taking now to tackle hunger in the Sahel, a wholegeneration are at risk. According to the organisation, about 20 millionpeople live in conflict-affected areas across the region, bearing the brunt ofthe unfolding crisis as hunger and malnutrition loom. It added that more than 2.4 million people alreadyrequire urgent food and nutrition assistance in Burkina Faso, Mali and Nigerrepublic. The report says about 1.1 million people acrossNiger, Burkina Faso and Mali had fled their homes in search of safety,. According to the statement, conflict is devastatingagriculture and rural economies, and almost one in three children is out ofschool in many conflict-affected areas,.