Niger, Mali: Hunger, famine or both

Kidal Region dead herds

Hopefully by now everyone knows that parts of West Africa, especially pockets of Chad and Niger, are struggling with the worst food shortages since 2005. Alex Thurston reports that international humanitarian agencies, as well as increasingly concerned governments, are now…

Stokley cat, c. 2004

Stokley the cat in his Staten Island home, c. 2004. And yes, that is who I named him after, and it was supposed to be respectful, though it is hard when I have to get him off the kitchen counter.…