Nigerian Children Starving Due to Boko Haram: UNICEF

Almost 50,000 children are at risk of starving to death in northeast Nigeria as the country reels from the impact of Boko Haram’s almost-seven-year insurgency. An estimated quarter of a million children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Borno state, the birthplace of the militant group, UNICEF said on Tuesday. Of these, 49,000—around one in…