Severe malnutrition in Nigeria's northeast Borno alarms MSF, WFP

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Mothers with their children in one of the clinics for malnourished children in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno State. PHOTO | COURTESY | MSF

A good Samaritan picked emaciated twins dumped for three days near a marketplace in Bama, a troubled town in Nigeria’s northeast Borno State. 

The Samaritan, 86-year-old kola-nut seller Audu Yao took the children to a nearby government hospital where they were confirmed to be malnourished.