Malnourished Children of Maiduguri.

Stephen Heunis/AFP

Stephan Heunis/AFP

Malnourished children from Africa may seem like a cliche. But they are starving, and are still children. Maiduguri, known as the birthplace of boko haram, the Islamist group whose insurgency has devastated northeast Nigeria with horrific and relentless attacks on mosques, churches, markets and bus stations, suicide bombings and raids on remote villages since 2009. 

Stephan Heunis/AFP

Stephen Heunis/AFP

        In the past few months, the Nigerian Army has reclaimed territory from the insurgents. But this doesn't mean the people living there are doing any better. Especially people living in remote areas. Severe food shortages have meant that hundreds of people -- in particular children -- are suffering from severe acute malnutrition.