High-res images for media: West African Food Crisis

Submitted by anonymous on 22 June 2010 - 12:17pm
An empty millet store in Niger. More than ten million people across West Africa are facing severe hunger and malnutrition because of drought, poor harvests and rising food prices. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Ariel views over Maradi province, Niger. Oxfam launched a £7m ($10m) emergency appeal to help more than 800,000 of the most vulnerable people in the region. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Traders buying and selling at a cattle market near Kundumawa. Due to a shortage of animal feed many animals are under nourished and their capital value is quickly decreasing. Maradi Province. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Salah Nuhu (72) and Ibrahim El. Aouta (63), Tuareg camel herders, are migrating with their families to Nigeria because there is no longer enough animal forage around their community. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Herders migrating in search of pasture for their animals along the Maradi to Dakoro road. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Rahmaou Amadou (25) with her young daughter traveled with her family group from Dakoro looking for pasture. "If the rain doesn't come I don't know what we'll do. The cows aren't giving enough milk to feed the children." Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Dja'o Bammo (10) came from Tauwa with his family, a three day walk looking for animal fodder. Amulesse near Dakoro. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Water in the village pump has run dry so the women and children of Kakassi come to the middle of the dry river bed every day and dig for water. "We don't have anywhere to store water in the village (which is a short distance away) so we come every day to find water for all our needs: cooking, cleaning and drinking. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
The road from Kakassi. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Jidata Mohamed (2) imitates her aunty, Issibit Imissawa, as she prepares leaves for the family. The villagers of Timbouloulag have been forced by the food shortage to supplement their diet with leaves collected from the bush. The leaves are soaked and cooked for three hours to break the strong fibres and pounded to a flour like consistency before eating. Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Issibit Imissawa. Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
Ahdat Ilimanshe (1) is being fed by her mother Issibit Credit: Aubrey Wade/Oxfam.
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