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These are the words of Nigerien president Mamadou Tandja. Here is more of the article:

Niger’s president has played down the food crisis ravaging his desert nation, saying that people in the impoverished West African country look well-fed.

In an interview with the BBC, President Mamadou Tandja acknowledged that a devastating locust invasion last year and poor rains had produced food shortages, but he said that was not unusual for his country – or for the entire Sahel region, a semi-desert scrubland that straddles the southern edge of the Sahara desert. (more…

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Please, let’s check the leadership structure before we sink billions into this nightmare.