"Some 62 million people around the world currently need humanitarian help, the United Nations reported today, pointing to food insecurity, conflict and natural disasters as the main causes for aid requirement ... In a news release, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ... noted that the number of people needing assistance had risen from 51 million to 62 million ... A large number of these people are in the African continent, with more than 18 million people facing a severe food and nutrition crisis in countries of the Sahel region ..." (Quoted from article)