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Daybreak Africa: MSF Warns of Acute Malnutrition in Northwest Nigeria
On Daybreak Africa: The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says Nigeria’s northwest region is experiencing “catastrophic” levels of malnutrition and disease outbreaks. Plus, jailed Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been freed. The tale of two former presidents as South Africa prepares to vote on May 29. Patients in Kenya are stranded by a doctors strike. Central Africa says its economic bloc is the poorest and Ieast developed on the continent. The US military readies a range of plans, If needed, to Hhlp Haiti.
Africa News Tonight: Senegal Opposition Leader Freed from Jail, Future Bleak for Tigray Children, Call for More Diplomacy in Sudan Conflict
Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, have been released from prison ahead of the presidential election later this month. Aid group Mary’s Meals says the future looks dim for millions of children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as years of disruption, conflict, displacement, drought and disease have left families without livelihoods. U.S. expert says it’s paramount that diplomacy be escalated to get a cease-fire in Sudan and a negotiated settlement, and that citizens, who so far have been sidelined, should be at the center of any resolution.
