La population du Kanem, zone sahélienne située à l'Est de la capitale N'Djaména souffre d'une pénurie alimentaire, due à la sécheresse: 17,7% des enfants sont atteints de malnutrition aiguë globale.
The population of Kanem, a Sahelian region to the east of N'Djamena, is short of food as a result of the drought. A mission sent out by the food monitoring committee, alerted by the early warning system, ascertained that 17.7% of the children are suffering from acute malnutrition.