Selling Your Last Camel
This Associated Press story provides a chilling look into the reality facing many nomads in the face of famine and drought. From the article: In markets all over Niger, hungry people are selling hungry animals for half their normal value, giving up on the milk and money of tomorrow so that their children can eat today. Their plight is a sign of how far the economy of the desert has broken down, leaving its people unable to feed themselves in...