NYTimes.com - Famine Persists in Niger, but Denial Seems in the Past
The New York Times reports: "Outside the state food warehouses here, women sift in the dirt for spilled grains of rice. Seven hundred miles to the east, mothers pluck bitter green berries and boil them for hours in an attempt to feed their children. In urban slums and desert villages, one word is on all lips: famine."