Senegalese musician Baaba Maal recently traveled to another West African country Mauritania.
He went to witness first hand, the regional drought and food crisis there. He went there with the aid group Oxfam.
Anchor Marco Werman speaks to Baaba Maal about this fact-finding trip.
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