Separatist War looms in post-coup Mali By Nile Bowie KUALA LUMPUR – As the inexperienced protagonists of Mali’s military coup receive worldwide condemnation from the international community and neighboring members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), thousands have taken to the streets of the Malian capital of Bamako in [...]
Africa: Joined-Up Thinking On Water, Energy and Food 15 MARCH 2012 Johannesburg — Africa’s third longest river, the Niger, is a source of water, food and energy for nine West African countries. But frequent droughts induced by a changing climate, and exacerbated by rapidly growing demand, pose a threat to water [...]
Women in Bambeye, Niger, queue to have their children screened for malnutrition. Photograph: Mark Tran for the Guardian In the mid-morning sun, Aminatou Gado takes her place in the queue, where she faces a long wait to have her 14-month-old daughter screened for malnutrition. Having already walked three hours to get to the dusty town [...]
A man from Niger in his ravaged field due to lack of rain in 2011. Photograph: Boureima Hama/AFP Governments in the Sahel and international relief agencies have beenquick off the mark in acknowledging a looming food crisis. Last October, the government in drought-hit Niger – where almost 1 million people are in urgent need of food after a poor [...]
