MALI: Struggling to deliver aid to rebel-held north

MALI: Struggling to deliver aid to rebel-held north:

BAMAKO, 24 September 2012 (IRIN) - Sparse rainfall in 2011 triggered food alerts for Mali which went out well before the start of the rebellion in the north in January, and the coup d'état in Bamako in March. This year, the rains have been better but the warnings from the north, in particular, remain stark particularly for food insecurity and malnutrition.