Word: niamey
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...storage bins with grain. But last November's harvest was a bad one, and many of the bins this year are only half-filled or empty. "It's not normal," says Amadou Salou, a farmer in the town of Male Haoussa, a few hours' drive north of the capital, Niamey. Sheltering under a tree from the scorching mid-day sun with other village elders, Salou sets out the equation. "We have too many mouths to feed and not enough food," he says. Despite the nearby emergency feeding center that treats the hungriest, two infants died last year. This season, Salou...
Students who have completed the Elementary Hausa course at the end of this year can journey to the University of Niamey in Niger to further study the language and participate in directed field study of environmental or health issues...