Children pay the price for the Iran war as malnutrition and poverty surge

Maryam Aminu was hardly surprised when the last of her six children was diagnosed with malnutrition in April for a second time. She was barely feeding the 18-month-old regularly, let alone with nutritious foods. Although the family in northwest Nigeria has struggled with economic hardship, their situation deteriorated after February, when her husband, Shehu Aminu, lost his job as a taxi driver due to a spike in the retail price of petrol caused by the war in Iran. “When she was diagnosed the second time, even though I suspected it, I was sad and angry because I knew why,” Aminu said […]

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