Meningitis epidemic kills 336 children in Nigeria
A meningitis epidemic has killed 336 children in Nigeria amid fears it could spread across the border to Niger, international health officials said. Around 3,000 cases have been reported in northwest and north-central Nigeria after the disease surfaced in December. Notably, meningitis killed over 1,000 people and infected more than 10,000 in Nigeria and Niger in 2015.