UN warns Mali conflict will cause humanitarian crisis

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Refugees who have managed to flee northern Mali are receiving food aid which has been arriving in the capital Bamako.

The situation in the north is too dangerous for non-governmental organisations to operate.

The UN believes armed Islamist groups have been preventing thousands from fleeing areas affected by their recent offensive. It has warned of a humanitarian crisis.

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