year, niger still faces a catastrophic hundred prices -- hunger crisis because the poor are so much norrish they simply cannot afford enough food to get strong again. this is a government-run from center that deals with children suffering from acute malnutrition. this mother has just brought her baby in to be assessed. this is the mother's third child. she is one year old. she will be admitted for attention, but the doctor said it is difficult to have to decide is accepted for treatment. >> there are places that have had to make choices between children. so far, we have not. it is difficult. >> the mothers here walk for hours, sometimes even days, across the searing heat of the desert to get to the feeding center. the number of children coming for emergency treatment is increasing. this little boy's grandmother has brought him in. he is so underfed that he has become more prone to disease and is suffering from malaria. this baby has been left by her mother, who is too busy looking after her other children. the child is obviously in an acute state of malnutrition. the governor knows the plig