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 AZOGOR, Niger (AP) - 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 the West African nation 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.
"Science has evolved these days and we knew that we could reach out to the world via e-mail," said Amadou Doutchi, a Fulani leader and chairman of an association of herders and farmers in Dakoro, a region of sparse vegetation, sandy dunes and scorching sun some 450 miles east of the capital, Niamey.
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