In-depth: Food and nutrition crisis in Niger and the Western Sahel – IRIN

Seven Nigerian states along the edge of the Sahel – Yobe, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, Jigawa and Bauchi – received poor and erratic rains in 2009, as did the neighbouring countries of Chad and Niger, and northern Cameroon. This year, rains are again …