The remaining 120,000 are internally displaced . 200,000 people have fled northern Mali in search of food or safety after drought and rebel uprising . Secular rebels in north Mali broke away from the capital , Bamako , in the past decade but have lost the territory to militant Sahel groups . The International Rescue Committee is fighting to control malnutrition in the Kati district , near West Africa , which has been hard hit by the food crisis . Prolonged drought has destroyed food stocks in large areas of the Kati region of West Africa .
200,000 people have fled northern Mali in search of food or safety after drought and rebel uprising . Secular rebels in north Mali broke away from the capital , Bamako , in the past decade but have lost the territory to militant Sahel groups . The International Rescue Committee is fighting to control malnutrition in the Kati district , near West Africa , which has been hard hit by the food crisis . Prolonged drought has destroyed food stocks in large areas of the Kati region of West Africa .