Nigerian children pay the price for the Iran war as malnutrition and poverty surge
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Farisa, who has relapsed into malnutrition, plays on a mat inside her house in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Halimah Muhammad, a local health worker, right, attends to a child suffering from malnutrition, as his mother Larai Malami, a 35-year-old mother of 10, holds him at the Rumbukawa Primary Health Centre in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Children suffering from acute malnutrition receive treatment via nasal feeding tubes at a hospital in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Maryam Aminu plays with her daughter Farisa, who has relapsed into malnutrition, at their house in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Shehu Aminu, second left, who lost his job as a taxi driver due to a spike in the retail price of petrol in February, sits with his wife Maryam Aminu, their daughter Farisa, left, who has relapsed into malnutrition, and her siblings, at their house in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Farisa, who has relapsed into malnutrition, plays on a mat inside her house in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)