Niger children condemned to hunger

In the current food crisis gripping the West African state of Niger, 900,000 children are at risk of malnutrition.  The UN’s World Food Programme is working with local charities, but even then they fear that tens of thousands will end up getting no help at all.

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/08/201083114338682687.html

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