Nigeria, Nov. 7 -- Nigeria has become the country where Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) treats the highest number of malnourished children globally, the medical charity's country representative, Ahmed Aldikhari, has disclosed.

Mr Aldikhari said that in 2024 alone, MSF admitted nearly 300,000 children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) into its outpatient units across northern Nigeria.

"This accounts for more than half of all MSF admissions worldwide," he stated on Thursday in Abuja.

He was speaking at the High-Level Conference on Mobilising Against Malnutrition in Katsina and North-West, an event convened by the Katsina State Government and MSF.

The MSF chief attributed the crisis to Nigeria's demographic weight and the persistent "h...