Nigeria's North-East on the Verge of Famine, UN Warns Nigeria
Millions are facing hunger and children's lives are on the line in northeastern Nigeria amid a protracted conflict and intensifying climate change,. The UN has warned of an increasingly dire humanitarian situation in north-eastern Nigeria, warning that approximately 6 million people there are in need of assistance.
Matthias Schmale, the UN humanitarian coordinator said that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria's Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. The number of children under five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition has doubled in one year to reach 700,000.catastrophicThe crisis is primarily caused by over a decade of insecurity linked to non-state armed groups, which hampers farming and income generation for the local population.
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