Aid agencies warn of impending Mali refugee disaster

Fri 18 Jan, 2013 1:06 AM IST - 1:17 | 3 views

Conditions are appalling in the refugee camps for fleeing Malians in neighbouring Mauritania, which has taken the vast majority of the tens of thousands now streaming out of the country. Conditions are likely to get worse as the influx quickens, and the relief agencies are sounding the alarm. Niger and Burkina Fasso are also taking in refugees, most of whom are being housed in the inaccessible and remote areas near where they have crossed the borders. In Mauritania there is widespread fear that the con