Northern Nigeria Faces Record Hunger: WFP
Resurgent jihadist attacks and instability in northern Nigeria are pushing hunger "to levels never seen before," with thousands facing "famine-like conditions," the World Food Program (WFP) said on Nov. 25.
Nearly 35 million people in northern Nigeria are "projected to face severe food insecurity during the 2026 lean season," which stretches from May to September, the U.N. agency said in a statement.
In Borno state, the epicenter of the 16-year-long jihadist insurgency, around 15,000 people "are projected to reach catastrophic hunger" or "famine-like conditions," WFP said in a statement.
The conflict has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around 2 million others in the northeast and spilled into neighboring countries.
Besides Boko Haram in the northeast, Nigeria also suffers violence led by "bandit" gangs in the center and northwest, which raid villages, kill people and kidnap for ransom.
Last week alone, Africa's most populous country experienced three mass kidnappings.
More than 300 students and teachers from a Catholic school were abducted in Niger state, 25 Muslim high school girls were snatched in neighboring Kebbi state and 38 worshippers were taken from a church during a service that was livestreamed in Kwara State.
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