Niger is suffering its third, and possibly its worst, food crisis this decade. More than 6 million Nigeriens did not have enough food following failed rains and a terrible harvest — a grave situation echoed across the Sahel and reminiscent of last summer’s famine in the Horn of Africa. But unlike that crisis and so many before it, Niger is getting it right.
“It is a success story,” said Cyrille Niameogo, Save the Children’s country director in Niger. And if you ask him, the government of Niger deserves the credit.
Read more at: http://www.devex.com/en/news/blogs/amid-food-crisis-niger-does-something-right?blog_id=the-development-newswire&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoivqzMZKXonjHpfsX74uwoUK6g38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YEGTst0dvycMRAVFZl5nQhdDOWN
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