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
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