Child hunger in Africa ‘due to lack of political will’

Nearly half of all child deaths on the continent due to malnourishment as economic growth fails to halt crisis

Hunger in Africa
A girl in Madegascar eats a food supplement distributed by the World Food Programme
(Image credit: Rijasolo/AFP/Getty Images)

A lack of political will means hunger is still the cause of almost half of all child deaths in Africa, despite an economic boom on the continent, a new think tank report has found.

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