we're in the village of tondi kiwindi, in western niger.he people here don't just suffer from the drought, but also from the extremely high food prices. >> we've heard reports that at the regional market, a sack of millet costs 25.000 francs, about 50 euros. that's more than people can afford. people are poor. here the sacks cost about half the market price. >> hopefully, the rains will come soon, and then the mayor plans to give millet away. that will free up people to till their fields. they'll need to farm enough to last four months. and time is running out. >> we promised the people that they wouldn't have to worry about what they're going to eat during the rainy season. but when the rains come the streets are flooded and impassable. so we need to top up the supply as soon as possible. our warehouses need to be full before the rains come. >> even though, today's millet will provide many here with their first proper meal in days. karimu, is planning to save some of it. he's a farmer. >> i'm going to use some of it as seed. the seed you c

that happens in niger, one of the world's poorest nations. only six out of every ten children there, 60% make it to elementary school. some parents are trying to change that statistic. they're chipping in money and time. nhk world's yu kobayashi has the story. >> reporter: an elementary school on the outskirts of niger's capital city. children travel from three different villages to attend. it's the area's first elementary school. it was local people who built it four years ago. the government supplies teachers but locals chip in for the annual cost of the school operations and the teaching materials. about 90 children attend this school. one of the students in this fourth grade class is 16 years old. it's the only school close to his home. >> translator: i hope that when i grow up, i become a useful person that can help my country. that's my dream. >> reporter: the children's parents maintain the school. halitu is among those in charge. six of his children go to the school. the parents replaced it. >> translator: we didn't have the chance to

in niger, parents rely on their children to help with farming and work around the home. they began visiting the parents of the children. they wanted to stress the importance of education. >> translator: money always a problem. in fact, right now money is so tight we can't even afford to send our children to school. >> translator: everyone is in the same position. children have many possibilities. >> reporter: their visit seems to be paying off. more students have been showing up for classes. these parents understood the importance of school so they found way to send their children. it's wonderful they were given the chance to be better educated than their parents. >> reporter: many parents in this district are going all out so their children get an education. they believe it's a passport to a better life. >> people improving the quality of education through community participation. >>> people in the philippines are working together in their communities to deal with affects of a strengthening typhoon nearby. we have the latt in world weather. >> we've been monitoring supe

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and i do sake and device -- the niger sake fat man device was assembled in less than 24 hours. so that's one. another one is 10-10-10, the materials equation but if you start with 15 metric tons of uranium and you're going to wind up after going through three with 15 kilograms of enriched uranium, start off with the iranian or, and that's enough to fuel a reasonably well-designed uranium weapons are so you go through 10 fold reduction to go from uranium ore, the uranium for nuclear power. you go through another 10 fold reduction you get to medical grade and 10 -- third 10 fold reduction and then you have your fuel for a bomb. there's a couple of other kinds of things that give you an idea of what you're doing with your. i'm sorry, the fourth one in that is the difference between a crudely designed uranium bomb which needs about 60 kilograms, 140 or so pounds, of enriched uranium to a plutonium bomb -- the estimates lower than six kilograms but that's a conservative one. there are estimates that are for an even lower. and that's where well-designed plutonium bomb. so you've got

the live-in niger and chad and further in the south as well. i am very keen to stress that is not -- these issues do not pertain to libya's ethnic minorities but also libya's arab tribes as well. i want to talk a little bit about the smuggling economy itself. in the south of libya you have three options available to you. there is state employment, which is very slowly paid. you can go in and become an army officer. you might turn at $300 a month doing that. smuggling is not really like a nefarious, secret activity. it is actually quite open. if you are a merchant and have to deal with cross border traffic, you have to trade across borders. you are going to become involved in some kind of negotiating and you have to do it in a quasi- legal way. it is a structurally endemic problem. the way the social networks of the region work, your relationships, your marriage, everything abo your life occurs within this social group that is spread out in this large area. sometimes you marry within your family or within the particular community. they will marr