The War of the Locusts| 52mins
Director: Laurent Cibien & Pascal Carcanade | Producer: ARTE, CTA & ContreFilms
Focus Years: 2005 | Country: France
Synopsis:
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 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 have remained: debts, rural exodus and the first signs of malnutrition.
The War of the Locusts
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