NIAMEY, NIGER: Abdul Aziz Ayouba, 14 & his brother Sumsou, 8, pick weeds from farmed land & waste land to sell as animal fodder.

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MILLI DISTRICT, NIAMEY, NIGER, 30th July 2010: Many families displaced from the north of the country by drought have settled here. Abdul Aziz Ayouba, 14 and his brother Sumsou, 8 , pick weeds from farmed land and waste land to sell as animal fodder. A sack of weeds can sell for up to 200 CFA ( 30 pence UK). Photo by Mike Goldwater / Christian Aid

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Location: Niger, West Africa
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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