Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.