More than 2.1 million children caught up in a humanitarian crisis in Niger
GENEVA/DAKAR/NIAMEY, 2 nd July 2021 – Conflict, displacement, food insecurity, malnutrition, recurrent disease epidemics and outbreaks, cyclical floods and droughts in Niger have put more than 3.8 million people, including 2.1 million children, in need of humanitarian assistance, a 30 percent increase compared to 2020. UNICEF today released a…