[Mb-civic] BBC E-mail: Niger food aid is 'misdirected'

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One feeding centre in Zinder for children "between life and death" received 1,000 new patients last week alone, said MSF spokesman Christian Captier. 

"The aid is still insufficient and inadequate. It is not targeting the right population at the moment," he told the BBC. 

An estimated 1,500 children died in one of area of the province in August alone. 



** Niger food aid is 'misdirected' **
Children are starving to death in Niger because food aid is being misdirected, an aid agency warns.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/africa/4239888.stm >


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