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30,000 children face malnutrition during rainy season in CAR

30,000 children face malnutrition during rainy season in CAR

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Nearly 30,000 children in the Central African Republic are expected to suffer from severe acute malnutrition in the coming months as the rainy season in the country continues.

The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says it expects many of those children to die.

Meanwhile, UN humanitarian agencies are appealing for more money to fight malnutrition.

Nicki Chadwick reports from Geneva.

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