Niger is the example of a neglected emergency, where early warnings went unheeded
-Jan Egeland
sadly the famine in niger has been overlooked.
bbc news
the time line
NEW YORK (July 12, 2005) — According to recent nutrition surveys by the United Nations and some non-governmental agencies, acute malnutrition rates have risen to 13.4 percent in southern Niger's Maradi and Zinder Regions. A food shortage is impacting some 3.3 million people — including 800,000 children under age five-in some 3,815 villages.....
unicef
and from nightline
.............The United Nations first appealed for help for Niger in November and got almost no response. A March appeal for $16 million generated about $1 million. A May 25 plea for $30.7 million has resulted in only $7.6 million about 25 percent of the amount requested, U.N. officials say.
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