"The number of malnourished children is set to hit a new high of 1.5 million in the Sahel next week as cholera and locusts emerge as new threats, UNICEF warned on Tuesday," Agence France-Presse reports (8/7). According to VOA News, "International aid agencies report the situation is particularly critical in Niger where an estimated 400,000 children are expected to require life-saving treatment for severe, acute malnutrition this year." UNICEF, other U.N. agencies, and international aid organizations "are hampered by a lack of funds," the news service notes (Schlein, 8/7).