Sahel Floods

Devastating floods threaten food security of millions across the Sahel and Sudan

Torrential rains have displaced hundreds of thousands of people across the Sahel and Sudan since August. What are believed to be the heaviest seasonal rains in a decade have led to floods that are sweeping away food stocks, submerging cropland and wiping out livestock, threatening lives and livelihoods across the region.  

In Burkina Faso, where one in five people has been displaced by violence, the country is seeing dangerous water levels in all 13 regions. Niger has reported over 16,000 ha of agricultural land flooded and some 550,000 people impacted. More than 236,000 people in Chad and 50,000 in Mali have had their homes, cereal stores and farmland destroyed. Over 180,000 people in Nigeria have suffered extensive damage or displacement, and a staggering 860,000 people across 17 states in Sudan, which