50K Children At Risk Of Starvation In Nigeria Due To Boko Haram Insurgency, Disruptions In Food Supplies, U.N. Warns

Agence France-Presse: Boko Haram’s other human tragedy: malnutrition
“…Northeast Nigeria has been torn apart for the last seven years by Boko Haram insurgents. … With homes and businesses destroyed and farmland devastated, the United Nations has warned that some 50,000 children could starve to death this year in Borno state alone if nothing is done…” (Hazlewood/Abubakar, 7/5).

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