No Yellow Cake here....

I saw this article and picture on this morning's NYT homepage and thought abt the complete tragic irony that plagues this poor little country. (I guess the word "plague" is appropriate since all of their crops this year were destroyed by locust swarms.)

Anyhow, many of us first heard of Niger because of the whole "Valerie Plame-Yellow Cake-Iraq-Blown Cover"-Gate. Sadly, Niger seemed to get more attention in the news for that reason instead of the famine that MANY had predicted; I remember reading about the locust swarms earlier in the year.

So, do we do anything about it? Not really.

Kudos to the NYT for pushing this subject to the front page:

Niger's Anguish Is Reflected in Its Dying Children (NYT 08052005)

Maybe if Niger really did sell some "yellow cake", they'd have enough funds to feed their people. Sheesh.