Thousands of children dying of starvation and disease in Nigeria

Thousands of young children have died of starvation and disease in Boko Haram-ravaged north-eastern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders said, quoting a new survey that is forcing officials to stop denying the crisis.

The Paris-based organisation hopes that official recognition of the situation in which "thousands are dying" will help bring urgent aid before older children also start dying, said spokeswoman Natalie Roberts.