Press Release: The European Commission and professional football sound the alarm on the Sahel crisis with the Match Day Against Hunger (30 March – 2 April)

The “Professional Football Against Hunger” campaign is coming to hundreds of European football stadiums with the message that action is needed now to avert a humanitarian disaster in the Sahel region of Africa. A hunger crisis caused by drought, chronic poverty, high food prices, displacement and conflict is threatening millions of people there.