US EditionFour African states running out of special food for starving children, aid group says
Aid cuts have led to shortages of therapeutic food, risking treatment for 3.5 million severely malnourished children in Nigeria and millions more across Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan.
- Four African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan, are expected to run out of emergency food supplies in the next three months without additional funding, according to Save the Children.
- An estimated 3.5 million children in Nigeria are at risk of death due to severe acute malnutrition if they do not receive treatment, as reported by Save the Children.
- The UN warns that funding cuts could affect treatment for 15.6 million people in 18 countries, including over 2.3 million severely malnourished children.
- The global collapse in nutrition funding may cut off treatment for 15.6 million people across 18 countries, including over 2.3 million malnourished children.
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Listen Again: The True Impact of USAID Cuts on Africa
Hosted by Kwangu LiweweFeaturing James Shikwati and Erin BrownProduced by Finbar Anderson Listen to and follow The LedeApple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean With the podcast team away for a summer break, listen again to this episode about the Trump administration’s sweeping aid cuts earlier this year. Amid all the noise surrounding the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the United States’ aid program, USAID, New Lines’ North Africa editor Erin…
This time, the NGO Save the Children is sounding the alarm. At least four countries on the continent – Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan – are at risk of running out of "ready-to-use" emergency food in the coming weeks if needs are not funded.
4 African states ‘running out of special food for starving children’
At least four African countries will run out of specialized lifesaving food for severely malnourished children in the next three months due to shortages caused by aid cuts, Save the Children said.
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