US EditionUN warns of ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out
Funding cuts and escalating violence have forced the WFP to reduce aid from 1.3 million to 72,000 people, risking severe hunger for over a million in northeastern Nigeria.
- On Tuesday, the United Nations World Food Programme warned more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose emergency food aid within weeks unless funding is secured, and on Thursday said its limited resources are now exhausted.
- Violent attacks and funding reductions have combined to displace around 3.5 million people and prompt cuts to United States Agency for International Development aid, deepening the crisis.
- The WFP announced Thursday it will sharply scale back assistance in February to only 72,000 people, down from 1.3 million during last year’s lean season, and has provided aid since 2015.
- David Stevenson, WFP's Nigeria Country Director, warned this will cause catastrophic humanitarian, security and economic consequences for displaced people, while 35 million people are likely to face severe hunger in Nigeria this year.
- Regional suspension of programmes in July highlights broader fallout as WFP suspended food aid across West and Central Africa and last week gunmen abducted more than 150 worshippers in northwest Nigeria.
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U.N. warns of ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out
The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday that more than a million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose access to emergency food and nutrition aid within weeks unless funding is secured, as violence and hunger surge in the region.
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UN warns of 'catastrophic' hunger crisis in Nigeria as food aid funding runs out
The U.N. World Food Program warns that over a million people in northeast Nigeria could lose emergency food aid soon without new funding.
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