An 'unfolding, silent crisis' is happening in Burkina Faso, warns Plan. It is estimated that every day another 50 to 100 Malians cross the border joining more than 61,600 refugees already seeking refuge from conflict.
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Plan's response to the Sahel food and refugee crisis is continuing as political instability in Mali sends a surge of refugees into neighbouring countries.
As gunfire erupts in Mali's capital Bamako in the third day of clashes between the military junta and soldiers loyal to the ousted president, refugees from northern villages are still flooding across the border into Niger.
Plan has expressed deep concern at new marriage laws proposed by the Egyptian parliament that would lower the permitted age for girls to marry to just 14.
In Africa, malaria deaths have been cut by one third within the last decade but globally a child still dies every minute. Scaling up efforts could save the lives of 3 million African children.
