More than 300,000 people have fled northern Mali in search of food or safety after drought and rebel violence . Impact Your World Secular rebels in north Mali broke away from the capital , Bamako , in March but have lost the territory to militant Islamist forces . The International Rescue Committee is fighting to reduce hunger in the Kati district , near Bamako , which has been hard hit by the food crisis . Prolonged drought has destroyed food stocks in large areas of the Sahel region of West Africa .
More than 300,000 people have fled northern Mali in search of food or safety after drought and rebel violence . Secular rebels in north Mali broke away from the capital , Bamako , in March but have lost the territory to militant Islamist forces . The International Rescue Committee is fighting to reduce hunger in the Kati district , near Bamako , which has been hard hit by the food crisis . Prolonged drought has destroyed food stocks in large areas of the Sahel region of West Africa .