Sommer 2010 : Ernährungskrise in der Sahelzone
The Sahel region experienced a major drought during the summer of 2010. Food shortages in Niger, Mali, Chad, Mauretania, Burkina Faso and parts of Nigeria prompted major migratory movements and accelerated the dissolution of traditional pastoralist and peasant economies. Largely ignored by the international media, the drought has lastingly reconfigured the social structure of the rural areas affected.