Archive for January 27th, 2023

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27/01/2023

25 Million Nigerians at High Risk of Food Insecurity in 2023

Human Wrongs Watch

ABUJA, 16 January 2023 (UNICEF)* — Nearly 25 million Nigerians are at risk of facing hunger between June and August 2023 (lean season) if urgent action is not taken, according to the October 2022 Cadre Harmonisé, a Government led and UN-supported food and nutrition analysis carried out twice a year.

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This is a projected increase from the estimated 17 million people currently at risk of food insecurity. Continued conflict, climate change, inflation and rising food prices are key drivers of this alarming trend.

Food access has been affected by persistent violence in the north-east states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) and armed banditry and kidnapping in states such as Katsina, Sokoto, Kaduna, Benue and Niger.

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27/01/2023

More than 20 Million Children across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia Facing Threat of Severe Hunger, Thirst and Disease

Human Wrongs Watch

By UNICEF – UN Children Fund*

Millions of children are at risk from one of the worst climate-induced emergencies in decades.

Ethiopia. A baby rests in a stabilization centre at a hospital in the Afar region.
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A baby rests in a stabilization centre at a hospital in the Afar region of Ethiopia.

Four consecutive seasons of poor rainfall, sharp increases in food prices, and conflict have pushed children and families in the Horn of Africa to the brink of climate change-induced catastrophe.

Exceptional drought across large swathes of Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and Djibouti has unleashed hunger, thirst, displacement and death on already vulnerable communities as crops fail and livestock die.

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