Niger neighbours also face hunger
The food crisis in Niger, which had been predicted for almost a year, also threatens three other countries in the region - Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, the United Nations has warned.
At least 2.5m people in the three countries need food aid and like Niger they were hit by drought and a plague of locusts last year.
Full Story at BBC News online 26 July, 2005.
Tags: Niger Africa Mali UN starvation West Africa famine drought Mauritania Burkina Faso locusts BBC
At least 2.5m people in the three countries need food aid and like Niger they were hit by drought and a plague of locusts last year.
Full Story at BBC News online 26 July, 2005.
Tags: Niger Africa Mali UN starvation West Africa famine drought Mauritania Burkina Faso locusts BBC
posted by Ingrid J. Jones at Tuesday, July 26, 2005
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