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Take action now to prevent new food crises in Niger

14/10/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Niger by Caritas Communications

The food situation has been stabilised in the Sahel region, especially in Niger where the number of people at risk of malnutrition fell from more than 60% to around 6% over the last months. Now, it is crucial to take further action at this point, says Raymond Younoussi Yoro, Secretary General of Caritas Niger. How ...

Hunger in Niger: Food for a famished nation

28/07/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Food, Malnutrition, Niger by Caritas Communications

Nigeriens ran out of food months ago, now the situation is desperate. Half of the people in this landlocked West African nation now don’t have enough to eat. People are eating leaves and livestock feed in order to survive. While hunger in Niger is nothing new, this year is particularly bad. Rains failed last year ...

Niger: Hunger Pains A Nation

28/07/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Food, Malnutrition, Niger by Caritas Communications

By Lane Hartill, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Habsu Boubacar has got used to being hungry. The burning stomach, the blurred vision, the joint pain: Habsu has learned how to work through aches, how to force herself to go on. Growing up in Toudoun Jaka, a sand-blasted village full of skeletal cattle and bone-thin dogs that ...

Why does West Africa face another food crisis?

19/02/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Burkina, Chad, Climate Change, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Food, Mali, Malnutrition, Niger, Senegal by Caritas Communications

Food emergencies are not inevitable in the Sahel according to Caritas. The region and the international community need to show greater political will to fight the problems.