Nigeria Battles Child Malnutrition Amid Boko Haram Insurgency

While battling Boko Haram insurgents in the north, Nigeria is also fighting an uphill battle against child malnutrition. Nigeria is now home to about 1.7 million "severely acutely malnourished children" under age 5, who account for one-tenth of the global tally and are in dire need of life-saving treatment, the Nigerian government and Unicef said Monday. Nearly 1,000 Nigerian children die from malnutrition-related causes each day, adding up to 361,000 deaths every year.