Month: July 2010

This year, as many as 7.8 million people - more than half of Niger's total population - face the grim prospect of months without sufficient food. Sporadic rains during the last growing season have had a devastating effect on harvests and food supplies, leaving households with little to save for the long "hungry season" between harvests. There are already widespread reports of families - particularly women and children - skipping meals and having...