What about the pending famine in Niger?

Burning Spear · (#1 (**permalink**))

Seems Blacknet is ignoring this.confused3

Mokele Mbembe · (#2 (**permalink**))

Not ignoring it Burning Spear, I just hadn't heard anything about it. Will go an do some reading and get back to you.

thabo_mbeki · (#3 (**permalink**))

Yeah, heard its caused by global warming and locusts

Hopefully they will get assistance off other african nations because it seems the international community is being slow.

Pele · (#4 (**permalink**))

"3.6 Million Face Starvation In Niger If The World Does Not Respond. An estimated 3.6 million people are highly vulnerable and 2.5 million are in need of food aid" Allafrica.

Last yrs locustproblem in Niger and and rain failureof this yr arethe causes. This is desperate times for these people. Sad times indeed.

Omaar · (#5 (**permalink**))

What about the pending famine in Niger?

What about it?

You mean to tell me that in a sub-tropical land of 10 million people, the leaders can't put their heads together and organize themselves enough to keep from starving to death?

I know it's mostly dry land, but you mean to tell me these leaders never heard of IRRIGATION and AGRICULTURE to help cultivate the land?

Hell, they're planting crops and growing gardens in the Negeve Desert of Israel near the Dead Sea, and that's some of the most unariable land on the planet.

I'm sick of this bullshit.

Every time I turn around:

"We huuuuungry!"

"We can't eeeaaat!!"

"Feed us, help us, do for us..."

I don't know what the deal is overthere (and don't give a damn because black people are catching hell all over)but only babies need to be fed, not mature adults who have brains with the ability to THINK and PLAN ahead.

I say don't touch it and let whatever happens happen.
Maybe then the leaders will learn to depend on THEMSELVES instead of other nations giving them aid, and the few that are left will come out better, stronger, and smarter.

Burning Spear · (#6 (**permalink**))

From what I've read the nation had grown dependant on foriegn aid.When the harvest and locust problem occured the aid was not there.This is under the radar.

ozellh20 · (#7 (**permalink**))

Hello Omaarare YOU MY BROTHER BOBBY?

MAN I READ THIS TO MY HUBBY AND YOU ARE KILLING US HERE... BOBBY IS THIS YOU PRETENDING TO ME SOMEONE ELSE ERR?

babygirl44 · (#8 (**permalink**))

I am tired of hearing how the world has ignored certain problems in certain African countries. As Omaar said why did their government not plan ahead or have an emergency plan? Drought is not unheard of in Africa. And before blaming the world for ignoring the problem, what have the neighbouring countries done first? I know Nigeria has desperately poor people butthey also have incredibly rich ones who could help out. We should help on this occasion because its already gone too far for them to deal with it but they should be forced to have something in place next time and there will be a next time.

Tahliba · (#9 (**permalink**))

babygirl44 wrote:

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I am tired of hearing how the world has ignored certain problems in certain African countries. As Omaar said why did their government not plan ahead or have an emergency plan? Drought is not unheard of in Africa. And before blaming the world for ignoring the problem, what have the neighbouring countries done first? I know Nigeria has desperately poor people butthey also have incredibly rich ones who could help out. We should help on this occasion because its already gone too far for them to deal with it but they should be forced to have something in place next time and there will be a next time.

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And how do you suggest they put 'something in place'?

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Famines don't happen over night, it's the media reporting of them that gives that impression.

(It is not only Niger that is experiencing this severe food shortage, but the whole of the Norther Sahel region-Mali, Senegal ect)

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Let's examine the contributing factors of this famine.

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Aid (no not aids) Aid, more often than not, as a long term negative impact on reciepiant countries/communities

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Structural adjustment (that impact on health, nutrition-the previously malnourished are now starving and access to water)

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Debt service payments (I am not sure if Niger is paying off its debt so I won't even mention that)

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Prolonged dry season

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Deforestation

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Locust plague (in many areas 100% of crops were destroyed last year)

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Previous plagues and droughts that the country(particularly the agricultural poor)as never fully recovered from.

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Disregard for the agricultural community( who were already subsistant farmerswithout drought and plaguesadding to their woes) by westernised puppet leaders who failed to acknowledge there was an impending famine close to the elections

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Neighbouring countries selling their grain in Niger at inflated prices.

COLTRANE · (#10 (**permalink**))

thank you Tahliba for nailing it

Apart from having hopes I feel like we need to take some pple in here to school and teach them

WHAT IS IMF

WHAT DO IMF DO?

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BTN IMF & WORLD BANK

WHAT IS FAMINE?

WHAT IS SAP?

HIPC?

AGOA?

ECOWAS?

etc etc

Shariff · (#11 (**permalink**))

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Let's be honest, is Africa our problem?

I mean I'm from Trinidad, we have our own issues without having to worry abt some Nigerans who have nothing in common with me. Different langauge, culture, traditions, experiences ect...

I have an affinity to other West Indians, (not so much Jamaicans as they cost Lara the captaincy), but Africa is our past, not my present and unless my gf had a massive change of heart, not our future.

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Just wondering who u're talking towhen u say "is Africa our problem?"

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Not everyone on BN is Trinidadian, just so u know.

"but Africa is our past, not my present and unless my gf had a massive change of heart, not our future."

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U keep mixing MY and OUR. Stick to MY and u make more sense. Or if u're talking to other West Indians, then say so, cuz again, there are people other than West Indians on the forum, and nuff West Indians here that are Pan-African.

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Or as BF says, may I remind u this is an ALL- AFRICAN site.

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Just my $0.2. Do with it what u will.

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DSP · (#12 (**permalink**))

Shariff wrote:

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crispus_attucks wrote:

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Let's be honest, is Africa our problem?

I mean I'm from Trinidad, we have our own issues without having to worry abt some Nigerans who have nothing in common with me. Different langauge, culture, traditions, experiences ect...

I have an affinity to other West Indians, (not so much Jamaicans as they cost Lara the captaincy), but Africa is our past, not my present and unless my gf had a massive change of heart, not our future.

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Just wondering who u're talking towhen u say "is Africa our problem?"

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Not everyone on BN is Trinidadian, just so u know.

"but Africa is our past, not my present and unless my gf had a massive change of heart, not our future."

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U keep mixing MY and OUR. Stick to MY and u make more sense. Or if u're talking to other West Indians, then say so, cuz again, there are people other than West Indians on the forum, and nuff West Indians here that are Pan-African.

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Or as BF says, may I remind u this is an ALL- AFRICAN site.

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Just my $0.2. Do with it what u will.

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