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11 August 2005: Programme Number 60

FOOD CRISIS IN NIGER: WFP FEEDS MORE VILLAGERS, COTE D'IVOIRE - CAN ELECTIONS BE HELD?, AND
A PRIZE-WINNING LIBERIAN WOMAN

After shocking television images of emaciated and malnourished children in Niger are broadcast, the international community finally comes to the rescue. And the World Food Programme expands its food distribution into villages. But what about President Mamadou Tanja's controversial assessment?"The President of Niger said there was no famine. The United Nations and the World Food Programme believe that it is not a famine but there is a food crisis and that it is important to reach as quickly as possible 2.5 million people," says WFP Spokeswoman, Stefanie Savariaud.

In Cote d'Ivoire, presidential elections are to be scheduled for October, but disarmament, demobilisation,and the passing of certain key laws on citizenship remain problematic. As a Special Envoy assesses the situation, we ask: How realistic are chances of the elections being held "I would say we are going through hitches. We have to overcome them. We have to work very hard so that we can reconcile the positions and move forward.”

Plus an interview with the award-winning Liberian woman, Gertrude Garway, working to help women and girls who've suffered from sexual exploitation and abuse.

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