Seven US children have been discovered suffering from disease and malnutrition in a Nigerian orphanage.More in linkThe children, aged from eight to 16, were reportedly left there by their adoptive mother.
The three boys and four girls were found by a visiting Texas missionary after he heard their accents, reports the Associated Press news agency.
They are now back in their home state of Texas, in the care of the local child protection agency.
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U.S. State Department officials learned that seven American children had been abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage but waited more than a week to check on the youths, who were suffering from malnutrition, malaria and typhoid, a newspaper reported Saturday.More in link