WFP Scaling Up to Fight Extreme Hunger in Areas Affected by Boko Haram in Nigeria
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Channel: United Nations · 2017 · News & Politics
WFP is extremely concerned about the critical food insecurity situation in northeastern Nigeria, regardless of whether a famine can technically be declared. In Boko Haram-affected areas, Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States, 4.7 million people are facing hunger, of whom 1.8 million people are in need of emergency food assistance.
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