Famine In Niger

Laborers offload grain from a truck that had just arrived at the World Food Program (WFP) warehouse in Maradi, Niger, Aug 7, 2005. International agencies are appealing for more food be donated to fight malnutrition and hunger in the Sahel region of Africa, including Niger.

Malnourished, 24-month-old Magama Gambo of Nigerian origin is carried by her mother, Fatima Gambo, at the MSF feeding center in Maradi, Niger, Aug. 5, 2005.

Sani Nasaru stands near a small collection of water as cattle graze at a dry field in the background in Maradi, Niger, Aug. 4, 2005.

A boy suffering from malnutrition sits up in a makeshift hospital in Maradi, Niger, July 30, 2005.

Women and their babies stand around a makeshift clinic in the small town of Dangoma, around 60 miles from Maradi, Niger, Aug. 1, 2005. Children are the most vulnerable to the crisis. Some 800,000 under age 5 are suffering from hunger here, including 150,000 faced with severe malnutrition.

Vultures are seen in a tree near a makeshift sheep slaughter house in the small town of Mayahi, around 40 miles from Maradi, Niger, Aug. 1, 2005.

Workers carry bags of grain at a warehouse where 2,100 tons of food were awaiting distribution in Maradi, Niger, July 31, 2005.

Women and their children await treatment at a makeshift relief center in the town of Maradi, Niger, July 31, 2005.

A malnourished child looks up at a makeshift relief center in the town of Maradi, Niger, July 31, 2005.

Eighteen tons of foodstuffs arriving from France is offloaded at the airport in the town of Maradi, Niger, July 30, 2005. France said it was tripling some aid to Niger, its former colony.

Eighteen tons of foodstuffs arriving from France is offloaded at the airport in the town of Maradi, Niger, July 30, 2005.

Women and their babies, suffering from malnutrition, sit on mats at a makeshift hospital in Maradi, Niger, July 30, 2005.

A malnourished child plays with a yellow spoon as his mother holds out her hand at a makeshift relief center in the town of Maradi, Niger, July 29, 2005.

Mothers of malnourished children receive food at a makeshift relief center in the town of Maradi, Niger, July 29, 2005.

A malnourished child gets weighed in a makeshift relief center in the town of Maradi, Niger, July 28, 2005.

A child from a nomad family runs playfully in her village near the town of Dakoro, around 125 miles from Maradi, Niger, July 27, 2005.

A nomad farmer looks on near the small town of Dakoro, Niger, July 27, 2005. Some of the nomads in the region of Dakoro lost 3,000 animals in June alone.

Farmers plow their land on the outskirts of the town of Maradi, Niger, July 26, 2005.

A child suffering from malnutrition lies in a makeshift hospital in the town of Aguie, 43 miles from Maradi, Niger, July 26, 2005.

Mothers and their babies suffering from malnutrition sit in a makeshift hospital in the town of Aguie, 43 miles from Maradi, Niger, July 26, 2005.