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Over 600 malnourished children die in six months in Nigeria: MSF

A child gets a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement at Nana Shetima PHC, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria, 14 July, 2025. via REUTERS - Damilola Onafuwa, WFP Nigeria Co

Lagos (AFP) – More than 600 malnourished children have died in northern Nigeria in six months after failing to receive proper care as foreign aid dries up, medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said northern Nigeria, which already is struggling with insurgency and banditry, is "currently facing an alarming malnutrition crisis".

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