
UN humanitarian chief: 13 million people in the Sahel region need aid
Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.
We hear from the head of the United Nations humanitarian office Ocha regarding the troubling situation in the Sahel region. Mark Lowcock says that more than 13 million people in the region need aid, with violence, climate change and underdevelopment contributing to the crisis.
Plus the latest from Nigeria where the Lagos State governor has declared an indefinite curfew following weeks of protests.
And we hear from Egyptians scrambling to regularise their illegally-built houses, or face homelessness.
(Photo: A soldier stands guard at a military ceremony to pay homage to 71 Nigerien soldiers massacred in an attack in the country's western Tillaberi region; Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

