A word on Niger

I just think it's shameful that we've been getting so much forewarning from aid groups about the upcoming deaths that we will see in Niger and only now have we begun to act.

At least 150,000 children are already on the brink of death as countries like Britain and the United States scramble to send food aid to alleviate the humanitarian disaster that seems to have crept up on the Western world.

All of Africa has been a humanitarian disaster for years... how exactly has it crept up on us? That sounds like a poor excuse to me. In any case, I'll try to remain optimistic and hope that we'll be able save as many people as possible before it's too late.