Niger

in 2006, president prayed for rain.
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the year before, it languished in the last place on UN's human develop index!!
the history was tangled with slave trading and barren highlights.the president was gunned down by his bodyguard 'out of sheer accident'.and the discoverty of U(a nuclear chemical) attracted some quick-buck-makers but after an international ban to develop nuclear power, it suddently became an illusion. poor remains poor,and even poorer due to the inflation caused by foreign(Iraq?)investment.
it's such a hinderland that even the international donators were frustrated by the immediately-take-away-to-own-pocket corrupted officers.