Tens of thousands of children in northeast Nigeria will die of malnutrition this year unless they receive treatment soon, the United Nations said on Friday after reaching areas of the country previously cut off from aid by Boko Haram violence. Over the last year Nigeria's army, aided by troops from neighbouring countries, recaptured most of the territory that was lost to the militant group, which has waged a seven-year insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic state in the northeast. “Improving security has enabled humanitarians to access areas that were previously cut off,” Munir Safieldin, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator for Nigeria, said in a statement.
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Children in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria face death from hunger unless aid arrives soon: UN