Lack of funding is forcing aid agencies to cut feeding programmes for starving people in northeast Nigeria, the UN said Thursday, warning of growing pressure on resources as refugees return. The World Food Programme last week said nearly two million people were living on the brink of famine in the remote region, which has been … Read more
The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the international community struggles to raise the $4.4 billion needed to avert a full-blown disaster. The food crisis in the world’s youngest country is one of the key issues being discussed at this week’s World Economic Forum … Read more
Around 14 million people will need humanitarian help in the former northeast Nigerian stronghold region of Boko Haram militants and tens of thousands of children will be at risk of dying from famine, a U. N. official said on Tuesday. The Islamist militant group has killed 15,000 people and displaced more than 2 million from … Read more