The article goes on to say the storm hit more then half of the countries in Africa.... but here's the real tragedy/conspiracy:
According to de Lys, the heads of the 15 nations that are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed two years ago
to set up an emergency depot of non-food goods, such as tents, containers and water purification systems in Bamako, Mali.
For now, the materials are held in big UN warehouses in Brindisi, southern Italy.
The construction of the Bamako site still has not started but the goods depot should be operational "maybe in 2008 if there is political will," de Lys
said.
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