Saturday, 16 February 2019

A specter hangs over Nigeria’s presidential election: Hunger

Salamatu Jibril takes one look at month-old Sufiyan, drowsy under a heavy blanket on a sweaty day in northern Nigeria, and knows there’s a problem.

“The child is 2.7 kilograms [5.9 pounds] and is wasted,” Jibril says, using a term that specialists commonly ascribe to children who don’t weigh enough...



from latimes.com - Los Angeles Times https://lat.ms/2GKIeOr

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