Primary schools in the southern Zinder region are now closing, as families abandon the area and head toward the capital in search of food.

Men are more apt to be irritable and angry—moods that aren’t assessed in classic diagnostic tests, says Zindel Segal, a psychologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

976 cases including 62 deaths (CFR 6.4%) have been reported in Diffa, Maradi, Tahoua and Zinder regions between 3 July and 1 October.