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THE Boxing Day tsunami in Asia is to blame for the Western world's catastrophic failure to prevent the famine that is now plaguing Niger, according to the United Nations' leading crisis warning official.
Henri Josserand condemned Western governments for failing to respond to repeated appeals for urgent food aid to the famine- stricken country.See the full content of this document
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Vital Months Lost in Fight Against Famine
With families starving in the African nation, the second-poorest country in the world, it is predicted that the numbers of children dying will rise to 150,000 within the next month without urgent aid. But Josserand, chief of the UN's Food and Agricultu...
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