US EditionNigeria: Emergency Food Assistance Grinds to a Halt in Nigeria Amid Surging Insecurity and Record Hunger
NORTHEAST NIGERIA, JUL 23 – The World Food Programme urgently seeks $130 million to sustain aid that supports 1.3 million people amid rising violence and displacement in northeast Nigeria, risking regional stability.
- On Wednesday, the United Nations World Food Programme will suspend food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria at the end of July because stocks have run out.
- The agency said it needs $131 million this year, as the WFP faces severe funding shortfalls amid escalating violence and record hunger in Nigeria.
- Over 150 nutrition clinics will close, cutting off treatment for more than 300,000 children under two amid escalating violence and displacement in the Lake Chad Basin.
- According to David Stevenson, `this is no longer just a humanitarian crisis, it's a growing threat to regional stability`, warning of increased insurgent recruitment and regional destabilization.
- The WFP said vulnerable people will be forced to migrate in search of food and shelter, warning of increasing displacement amid aid cuts.
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Faced with jihadist violence, the north-eastern part of the country is particularly threatened by hunger, a situation further aggravated by the withdrawal of US aid, which plunges humanitarian programmes into a critical situation.
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Malay MailMillions go hungry in Nigeria as aid dries up, jihadists surge
Resurgent jihadist attacks, huge cuts in foreign aid and a spiralling cost of living: hunger is looming in northeastern Nigeria, where more than a million people face starvation.Before insurgency upended daily life, Damboa was a regional farming hub. Today it stands on the frontline of survival.Located around 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Borno state capital Maiduguri, the town lies on the fringes of the Sambisa forest, a game reserve turned…
WFP Warns of Aid Halt for 1.3 Million in Nigeria Amidst Funding Crisis
WFP Warns of Aid Halt for 1.3 Million in Nigeria Amidst Funding Crisis The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued an urgent appeal to the international community, warning that it will be forced to suspend emergency food and nutrition assistance to 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria by the end of July 2025 due to a severe funding shortfall. The organization's remaining food supplies were depleted in early July, and current dist…
Nigeria: Emergency Food Assistance Grinds to a Halt in Nigeria Amid Surging Insecurity and Record Hunger
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will be forced to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in northeast Nigeria at the end of July. This is due to critical funding shortfalls which come at a time of escalating violence and record levels of hunger. WFP's food and nutrition stocks have been completely exhausted. The organization's last supplies left warehouses in early July and life-saving assistance will e…
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