* He says famine threatens millions in all parts of Niger

* Vow to restore democracy, but no date

By David Lewis and Abdoulaye Massalatchi

NIAMEY, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Millions of people are threatened by famine in Niger, the new military ruler said on Sunday in a message that contrasted starkly with his predecessor's reluctance to talk about food shortages.

Major Salou Djibo, who ousted President Mamadou Tandja in a coup on Feb. 18, also said the junta was committed

- In general, the Sahelian population is moderately foodinsecure. Pastoralists and agropastoralists in the eastern Sahel, where agropastoral production is especially poor and livestock-to cereal terms of trade are deteriorating, are specifically classified as highly food?insecure. Women and children from poor agropastoralist households in rural areas where harvests were nil (particularly in the Tahoua, Maradi,

- Une affluence soutenue de céréales sèches (mil, maïs et sorgho) et d'aliments de bétail en provenance des marchés transfrontaliers vers le Niger. Un circuit commercial de céréales Mil et Maïs très actif et provenant de tous les pays limitrophes avec une intensité qui faiblit par rapport au mois dernier entre le Bénin et le Niger ;

- Des prix constants en février 2010 sur les marchés des chefs-lieux de régions inférieurs à leurs niveaux de Février 2005, en pleine crise alimentaire, sauf sur les marchés de Niamey, d'Agadez et de Maradi toujours

CARE is implementing cash-for-work activities to provide poor families with money to purchase food and seeds in preparation for the coming planting season, and is distributing emergency food rations to vulnerable families. To increase resilience in the long-term, CARE is

CHF 229,046 (USD 212,828 or EUR 156,142) has been allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) to support the Red Cross Society of Niger in delivering immediate

The team used straw huts as clinics. Despite the lack of electricity or running water, they treated some 190 people every day for a total of 947 in five days. Daytime temperatures reached 40C.

Some of the more prevalent conditions they treated were diarrhea, malaria, worms and malnutrition.

At one of their clinics, a two-year-old infant, brought by his grandmother, presented with rapid respiration and

Comparatif du mil en février 2010 :

Prix par rapport à janvier 2010 : +3% à Bamako, -3% à Ouaga, -1% à Niamey

Prix par rapport à février 2009 : +15% à Bamako, +10% à Ouaga, +1% à Niamey

1-1 AcSSA Afrique Verte Niger

Source : OMA et animateurs AV

Commentaire général : Début février, la tendance générale des prix est à la stabilité pour les céréales sèches et à la baisse pour le riz. Les baisses les plus significatives sont observées