Niger drought: CAFOD says act now to save lives

Continuing drought conditions are bringing food shortages and malnutrition to the Sahel, the region of Africa due south of the Sahara Desert, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea.
One of the countries affected in the region is Niger.
Nick Harrop from UK based Catholic aid agency CAFOD has just returned from the country and spoke to Lydia O’Kane about the situation there.
“…I went to some really remote rural communities and people told me that this was the worst food crisis they could remember, so worse that the crises that hit Niger in 2010 and 2005.”
He goes on to say that it important to act now before this situation becomes a catastrophe. Listen