US EditionNigeria: Millions to face severe hunger as WFP funds run out
WFP funding ends in December, risking aid for nearly 35 million in northern Nigeria amid rising militant attacks and critical child malnutrition, officials said.
- On Tuesday, the UN World Food Program warned nearly 35 million people in northern Nigeria could face severe food insecurity in 2026 as funding runs out in December.
- WFP Nigeria country director David Stevenson said a sharp rise in militant attacks and funding cuts in July, including from the United States under President Donald Trump, disrupted food access and forced nutrition programme cuts.
- Data show nearly 6 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe lack minimum food supplies, with around 15,000 people in Borno projected to face famine-like conditions.
- Major donor cuts from the United States under President Donald Trump have hit WFP operations, as Stevenson warned, `The advance of insurgency presents a serious threat to stability in the north, with consequences reaching beyond Nigeria`.
- Resurgent jihadist attacks this year include JNIM striking for the first time last month and ISWAP attacks killing a brigadier-general, while mass abductions involved more than 300 Catholic school students and at least 303 children and 12 teachers abducted on Friday.
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