According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), from May to September 2026, nearly 35 million people in northern Nigeria will experience severe food shortages, LETA reports citing AFP.
The agency indicates that due to the increase in attacks by militants and instability, the level of hunger in northern Nigeria has reached unprecedented levels.
It is expected that in Borno State — the epicenter of the ongoing 16-year jihadist uprising — about 15,000 people will face catastrophic hunger or conditions close to it, according to a statement from the WFP.
As a result of the conflict, more than 40,000 people have died, and about two million have been forced to flee their homes. Violence has spread to neighboring countries as well.
In northeastern Nigeria, the group Boko Haram has strengthened, while other gangs operate in the central and northwestern regions, attacking villages, killing, and kidnapping people.
Just last week, three mass kidnappings occurred in Nigeria. In the Agwara area of Niger State, more than 300 students and teachers from a Catholic school were abducted, in neighboring Kebbi State — 25 girls from a Muslim secondary school, and in Kwara State, 38 people were kidnapped during a live church service broadcast.
