Millions of kids at risk of malnutrition with cut or frozen international aid

A mother feeds her child, who is suffering from malnutrition, next to a doctor in Alban Jadeed hospital, as young children struggling with malnutrition fill wards in the Sharg Elnil area, in Khartoum. Photo: TAYEB SIDDIQ/Reuters

At least 14 million children face hunger and a heightened risk of malnutrition or death this year, Unicef warned last month, as major international donors like the United States slash aid budgets.

The United Nations children’s agency urged governments and philanthropic institutions to contribute to its Child Nutrition Fund to head off a wave of starvation.