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 MADAROUFA, Niger (AP) - The 300 women crammed into the courtyard of a clinic in eastern Niger surged forward as cars loaded with food and medical equipment drove up at 8 a.m. Friday. "I heard that they are distributing food here," said Khadija Abdourahmane, who woke at dawn and walked nearly two hours to Madaroufa's clinic.
Others spent the night awaiting the twice-weekly visit by one of 28 mobile feeding centers deployed in drought-stricken Niger by the international aid agency Doctors Without Borders to try to avert a human tragedy.
The mobile centers can be set up in 10 minutes, allowing medical workers to get care quickly to remote regions.
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