Gabriela Emanuel
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This past year in the West African country, 30 million people faced extreme hunger.
That number is expected to jump to 35 million people during next year's lean season.
Chi Layel is with the World Food Program in Nigeria.
Much of the hunger is driven by conflict and extreme weather in the country's north.
That region was once considered the country's breadbasket.
People are increasingly using AI chatbots for things like emotional support and even talk therapy.
Now, the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority, which usually approves medications and vaccines, says it will study these AI tools for their safety and efficacy and then develop a regulatory framework.
Bilal Mateen works for PATH, the nonprofit South Africa is partnering with.
He anticipates the new regulatory system will be up and running in South Africa in two to three years.
In Piers Gabriella, Emmanuelle has more.
A big debate among anti-tobacco advocates has been whether e-cigarettes, heated tobacco, and nicotine pouches could be used to help people quit smoking.
That's a strategy promoted in the U.K.,
But WHO has now come out firmly against that idea.
It says these newer products are being pushed by the tobacco industry and hooking non-smokers, especially young ones.
WHO says these cigarettes and the like should be regulated at least as stringently as traditional cigarettes.