Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa -- particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.

All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.

Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.

Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources.

In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.