West Africa: Covid-19 Leads to 60 Percent Increase in Children Who Need Urgent Humanitarian Assistance Across West Africa

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Nearly 5m children need help to survive in Nigeria, Mauritania, Niger and Chad, warns Save the Children

COVID-19 has deepened a food, education and healthcare crisis affecting the poorest and most vulnerable communities in four countries in West Africa. An estimated 4.8 million children under 15 in Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and Chad, need help to survive and stay in school. This marks a 60 percent increase since the coronavirus pandemic swept the world.

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