Starving to death: Boko Haram sparks food crisis

Africa's most populous nation is now grappling with increasing malnutrition

Doctors crowded around Abdullahi. One squeezed a drip and another prepared a plastic syringe. The young boy didn't move. Only the shallow rise and fall of his chest indicated he was still alive.

Fluid was injected to try to stabilize the two-year-old's blood sugar levels. "He's better than he was 20 minutes ago," said one doctor. "But his condition is still critical."