said hashi yusuf, dhudo village leader: "the nomads are putting a lot of pressure on our village. even wild animals come here to drink. very few cattle farmers have any money at all. we hope there will be enough water to last a while, but we just don't know." >> the stop at the watering hole is also short. the aid convoy has to make it back before dusk to its base behindnd the prprotective walalls in garoowoe (gah- row-way), ththe capital f somalia's northern province of puntland. at the river bridge there are two young somalis. the once 200-kilometer waterway has been dry for nearly a year. abdulrashid shire, garowe resident: "we've been through four rainy seasons without rain. if the rains had come, we would be standing here on the bank fishing or going swimming. and everything would be green." >> the next rainy season starts in may. that is, if it comes at all. >> niger is another very dry country. it's also rated rock bottom on the un's human development index. niger's population has an average age of just 15. less than a fifth of the people there can read and write. but in th