Extrapolating from a survey conducted in two areas of Niger hard hit by
locust infestation and scanty rains, a United Nations agency estimates that
nearly 350,000 children younger than 5 could be suffering from malnutrition,
with the risk of stunted growth.
The study in the Zinder and Maradi regions of the West African nation
suggests that 346,000 children could suffer from malnutrition this year,
with 63,000 of them suffering severely, the World Food Programme (WFP) said
in the capital, Niamey.
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