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By most recent estimates, approximately 2.5 million people in Niger, more than one-fifth of the population, are at risk of starving. This crisis could have been averted. According to the UN, when the first appeal for help was made last November, $1 per day per person would have been enough to assist people who didn't have enough to eat; now, relief agencies will have to spend an average of $80 per day per person to help severely malnourished people. Read a more detailed timeline of the evolution of the crisis>>
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As time passed, the condition of the people in Niger worsened. Again, the UN made appeals to the international community for assistance—in March and in May. Again, the international community failed to deliver. It was not until July, when images of starving people began to appear in the press, that the international community began to respond.
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As funding has become available and in an effort to move aid quickly into Niger, WFP is now arranging multiple airlifts of commodities into Niger. Two airlifts from its humanitarian response depot in Brindisi already took place on 29 and 31 July with respectively 44 and 25 metric tons of high energy biscuits. WFP supplies its vitamin-fortified high-energy biscuits to the victims of severe food crises. They are essential to give people energy and strength whilst they wait for full food rations to arrive.
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In July 2004, Niger held municipal elections nationwide as part of its decentralization process. Some 3,700 people were elected to new local governments in 265 newly established communes. The ruling MNSD party won more positions than any other political party; ... opposition parties made significant gains.
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Distributions are starting this week in the areas of Niger most affected by the food crisis. WFP is distributing more than 4,220 tonnes of food to NGO partners. The food aid is either already in the hands of WFP's non-governmental partners or en route to distribution sites. WFP supplies its vitamin-fortified high-energy biscuits to the victims of severe food crises. They are essential to give people energy and strength whilst they wait for full food rations to arrive.
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