Niger Media Coverage

Coverage of Niger's 2005 Food Crisis

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times produced several excellent reports from Niger in October 2005. Unfortunately these are only accessible to TimesSelect subscribers.

Friends of Niger would also like to acknowledge the terrific work of Hilary Andersson, the BBC correspondent who first brought Niger's food crisis to the world's attention. Her latest report (23 September 2005) is as much a must-read as the BBC's earlier work listed below.

The director of Peace Corps for Niger, Jim Bullington, is a frequent contributor to the American Diplomacy on-line journal. His latest thought-provoking essay was published 6 September 2005.

Can aid do more harm than good? (BBC 27 August 2005)
Niger women 'banned from grain stores' (BBC 24 August 2005)
Drought diary: signs of hope (BBC 23 August 2005)
The Niger we should know (Boston Globe 23 August 2005) (CNN 23 August 2005)
Global Aid System Stalled as Niger's Crisis Deepened (Washington Post 17 August 2005)
Good harvests for hungry West Africa (BBC 17 August 2005)
Niger way of life 'under threat' (BBC 16 August 2005)
Niger's leader - haunted by hunger (BBC 15 August 2005)
Bringing relief to Niger's hungry (BBC 13 August 2005)
Don't blame the locusts (Guardian 12 August 2005)
The Rise of a Market Mentality Means Many Go Hungry in Niger (Washington Post 11 August 2005)
How many dying babies make a famine? (BBC 10 August 2005)
Women's groups in Niger help stave off the worst of the food crisis (CARE 10 August 2005)
Niger leader denies hunger claims (BBC 9 August 2005)
Famine in Niger: A Look Behind the Headlines (American Diplomacy 8 August 2005, by Jim Bullington, Peace Corps Niger Country Director)
A taste of salvation for Niger children deemed not ill enough for a hospital (Guardian 8 August 2005)
This is not just another act of God - this is ingrained poverty (Observer 7 August 2005)
Niger livestock face food crisis (BBC 4 August 2005)
Meagre food for babies first and elderly last, as villages empty of life (Guardian 4 August 2005)
Plenty of food - yet the poor are starving (Guardian 1 August 2005)
Niger Faces Major Food Emergency (Democracy Now 1 August 2005)
Food Aid Arrives in Niger, Belatedly (NPR 31 July 2005)
Niger's people living on the edge (BBC 30 July 2005)
Markets respond to good season prospects (FEWS 29 July 2005)
Feeling of helplessness in Niger camp (CNN 29 July 2005)
The Problems of Preventing Famine (NPR Talk of the Nation 26 July 2005)
USAID Announces Additional American Aid To Combat Hunger, Promote Food Security In Niger (USAID 26 July 2005)
Learn more about the devastating famine in Niger (ABC 26 July 2005)
Niger's 'silent hunger' (includes video) (BBC 20 July 2005)
Niger children starving to death (includes video) (BBC 19 July 2005)
200 tonnes of food aid for airlift to Niger (PANA 18 July 2005)
Letter from Jim Bullington (Peace Corps Niger Country Director, June 2005)