[RFI] More than 17 million people across nine conflict-hit states in northern Nigeria face severe hunger, the UN’s food agency (WFP) has said, warning that violence and funding cuts are driving food insecurity to its worst level in nearly a decade. Stripped of their livelihoods, some people are fleeing across the border into neighbouring Benin.
Nigeria: Hunger in Northern Nigeria Reaches Worst Levels in Nearly a Decade, WFP Says
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