US EditionOver 600 Malnourished Children Die in Six Months in Nigeria: MSF
- More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months due to a lack of proper care, according to Doctors Without Borders .
- MSF reported that 652 children died since January 2025 from insufficient access to care.
- Ahmed Aldikhari, country representative of MSF in Nigeria, stated that cuts from the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union hinder care for malnourished children.
- David Stevenson, chief of the U.N.’s food agency in Nigeria, noted that nearly 31 million people nationwide face acute hunger.
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Le Journal de QuebecOver 600 children have died of malnutrition in the past six months in northern Nigeria, which is "confronted with a crisis of malnutrition".
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Over 600 malnourished children die in six months in Nigeria: MSF
More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months after failing to receive proper care as foreign aid dries up, a medical charity has said.
For the NGO, the increase in the number of cases is due in particular to drastic cuts in humanitarian aid.
The Free Medical Organization (MSF) revealed today that at least 652 children died this year due to malnutrition in the Nigerian state of Katsina, in the north of the country, where the situation worsened by the courts in the humanitarian funds. "We are watching massive budget cuts, particularly by the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, which are having a real impact on the treatment of malnutrition children," said Ahmed A…
16:03 The food crisis in Nigeria is becoming increasingly dire, warn the United Nations and Doctors Without Borders. This is mainly due to the "massive cuts" in international emergency aid, they say...
More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in the past six months. That's more than three times the number of children who died from malnutrition last year. At the same time, funding for aid has fallen sharply, and attacks by Islamist insurgents have caused a wave of violence and food shortages. US President Donald Trump's decision to cut funding for the UN aid agency has led to a global decline in funding for emergency ai…
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