Morocco has established a field hospital in the city of Madadi, in Niger, approximately 550 km south-east of Niamey in order to assist the famine struck people in Niger. The hospital includes a team of a few specialized doctors and about sixty male nurses.
<i>Bladi.Net </i> reports that about 3.6 millions out of the 12 million population of Nigeriwere struck by famine this year due to the low yields of Niger's agriculture in 2004-2005, which were caused by this year's drought and locust invasion.
