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The hunger crisis unfolding in remote northeastern Nigeria
Thousands of children are suffering acute hunger in remote parts of northeastern Nigeria.
The BBC has gained rare access to some of the hard-to-reach locations in Northeast Nigeria, where aid workers are battling to save the lives of hundreds of children suffering severe acute malnutrition. We have a special report.
The renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region intensifies. Tigrayan authorities accuse the federal government of air strikes on the city of Mekelle.
And Ghana’s TikTok star Lassou has big ambitions to make it in Hollywood.
Photo: A woman sits in an IDP camp in Nigeria's remote northeast region. Credit: Getty Images.
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