UN: Sahel children face 'severe wasting'

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 08, 2023 12:10 am

DAKAR: Nearly a million young children in Africa's Sahel region will face severe acute malnutrition this year amid high food prices, conflict and climate change, Unicef warned Friday.

'An estimated 970,000 children under 5 from West Africa's three central Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger) will face severe wasting this year,' the UN children's agency said in a statement.

IN DANGER This file photo shows children playing beside a China-aided well in a village in Senegal, on July 15, 2019. Nearly a million young children in Africa's Sahel region will face severe acute malnutrition this year amid high food prices, conflict and climate change, Unicef warned Friday, April 7, 2023. XINHUA PHOTO

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