About 2.3 million Nigerians face severe food insecurity By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-20 14:20
About 2.3 million people in Niger are likely to be severely food insecure during this year s lean season because of conflicts, drought and floods, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
In its daily noon briefing on Tuesday, the UN agency said Tillabery and Tahoua regions of Niger, located along the Mali and Burkina Faso border, have been experiencing escalating cross-border attacks from non-state armed groups, causing acute protections concerns, human rights violations and increased internal displacement.
Between Friday and Monday, more than 10,000 people fled their homes in the western region of Tillaber, following violent attacks by non-state armed groups in Anzourou district, near the border with Mali, the agency said.
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Central African Republic and Burkina Faso face acute food insecurity By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-20 20:33 Habibou Sore, 22, waits for her sixteen-month-old twins, who suffer from malnutrition, to be examined at a hospital in Kaya, Burkina Faso, Nov 23, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
Millions are facing acute food insecurity in Central African Republic and Burkina Faso, following combined effects of social economic impacts of coronavirus pandemic, ongoing conflicts, recurrent climate shocks and rising food prices that have hit the two countries hard.
In Central African Republic, nearly half of the population is suffering from high and surging acute food insecurity even as the country braces for harsh May-August lean season, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Food Programme.