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DAN MALLAM, Niger - The thatched-roof huts where villagers store grain for the lean season are empty. The only meal of the day is acacia leaves boiled into a thick paste, eaten in the evening in hopes it will lull the children to sleep.
After months of repeated pleas from the United Nations, international aid is starting to trickle into this West African nation ravaged by drought and locusts. But it has yet to reach villages like Dan Mallam, where the hungry can do little but wait for help and the next harvest.See the full content of this document
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Drought, Locusts, Slow Aid Have Niger Near Starvation
"Everything that the stomach can contain, we eat ... anything that can calm the hunger," said...
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