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July 2005: the world discovers in horror the pictures of the famine in Niger. However, this catastrophe was foreseeable and could have been avoided. February 2004, the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) of the United Nations launches an emergency appeal: there has been a worrying outbreak of desert locusts in the Sahel region: rich countries should send money as soon as possible. May 2004, in Mauritania, the most vulnerable country in the area, we can see the return of the locusts and the lack of means to fight against them. September 2004: the money has not arrived and the locust swarms are devouring the harvests. April 2005, the locusts have disappeared, but the consequences are there: debts, rural exodus, and signs of malnutrition… The same situation as in Niger…

France - 2005 - 52 mn - DV - Colour

Director Pascal Carcanade, Laurent Cibien Camera Pascal Carcanade Sound Arnaud Devillers Editing Pascal Carcanade Music Malouma

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