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Despite calls by aid organizations for food assistance for Niger as early as last November, that country is now in the throes of a hunger crisis. We talk about what's happening there now and how a future crisis might be avoided.
Dr. Milton Tektonidis, medical coordinator and nutritional specialist for Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiers
Jennifer Parmelee, Washington spokeswoman for the World Food Program
Bill Garvelink, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance at USAID
Kathy Tilford, country director for CARE International in Niger
A life-long cat lover tells the tale of how she became a dog lover.
Emily Yoffe, contributing writer for Slate.com, has written for Esquire, Health, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and O magazine.