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Prolonged conflicts and droughts have left an unprecedented 81 million people needing food aid in 2017, a specialist U.S.-based agency said on Wednesday, revising up its earlier estimates.

Furthermore, it said there is still a risk of famine looming over Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, and South Sudan, despite the international community committing about $2.2 billion to address the various crises since January.

In Nigeria, some 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation in the northeast regions, hit by an eight-year insurgency by Boko Haram Islamists.

People in 45 countries are unable to feed themselves, said the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), which issues alarms about food shortages to the U.S. government.

Furthermore, it said there is still a risk of famine looming over Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, and South Sudan, despite the international community committing about $2.2 billion to address the various crises since January.

“Additional contributions to emergency appeals, particularly in these four countries, are urgently needed to prevent large-scale loss of life,” Reuters quoted FEW to have said in a statement.

The United Nations said it has so far received only a quarter of the $23.5 billion needed for humanitarian assistance programmes worldwide this year.

“However, famine risk will not fully recede until substantive efforts are made to resolve ongoing conflict and improve access,” FEWS NET added.

The agency said it had increased the number of people it expects to need emergency food aid over the course of 2017.

Its estimate rose to 81 million from the 70 million it predicted in January, due to a series of factors, including below average rainfall in the Horn of Africa.

http://investorsking.com/study-famine-looms-in-nigeria-yemen-somalia/

When there is know peace this is expected

The Fulani herdsmen & Boko haram boiz won't allow farmers to farm

The federal government should do something urgently

Herds men keep clashing with local farmers in multiple regions across the country, forcing people and communities to abandoned their farms yet the FG hasn't declared a state of emergency on these bandits who bear arms and cause havoc. They are quick to get to their defence when threaten but let IPOB hold a peaceful rally and watch the FG kill innocent civilians. We live in an unjust and biased society that can never progress on its current system.

It has started already!

Op, be specific.. the report said northern Nigeria.

I have been saying it here. No one wants to listen

Na for that part 9ja wey them kill people na folw he thy happen na

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Specifically Northern Nigeria.

This is due to BH and pastoralists menace, FG need to step up their game to ensure safety of farmers and call for a meeting with the umbrella body representing the cattle breeders so as to put an end to this issue else we risk a fullblown civil disobedience.

But they built mosques with N600m in sokoto and bought horses with N96m in bauchi and diverts 50 in every 100 food truck deliveries... not that am against it but the state govt did it with the states collective wealth rather than individual convinced donations.

This my friend is our problem, misplacement of priority...

Instead of people living in eroded land to heed warning now , they are chanting Biafrauddd up and down

You better start planting now , the way i see it , Donald Trump will give you want you want by December : Dry season / Hammatarn



I wouldn't want your national antem to be Foodu nor dey , Water no dey


Go to farm now o

raker300:
Op, be specific.. the report said northern Nigeria.

I have been saying it here. No one wants to listen

The same Nothern Nigeria that is feeding the whole Nigeria



It can't be