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Niger's nomads e-mail appeals for aid

No -- apparently this is not a 419 scam. :-)

An AP newswire article, via CNN, reports that:

Niger's Tuareg and Fulani herdsmen live as if in another century, without electricity or running water, roaming the remotest regions to find pasture for their cows.

But when the hunger crisis that has devastated Niger reached them, they found a 21st century way to call for help: They sent an e-mail -- and say donors responded with cash the nomads used to buy food for their families and their cattle.

posted by Fergie @ 7/29/2005 09:03:00 AM