49,000 Children May Die of Malnutrition in Nigeria, UN Warns

49,000 Children May Die of Malnutrition in Nigeria, UN Warns

 

 






Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face "severe acute malnutrition"
due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram
in northeastern Nigeria, UNICEF said on Thursday.

 

Of the 475,000 deemed at risk, 49,000 in Nigeria's Borno state, Boko Haram's
heartland, will die this year if they do not receive treatment, [...]

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