The Agency has warned that nearly 35 million people could go hungry in 2026 as it will run out of resources in December.
The WFP’s projection, based on the latest Cadre Harmonise, an analysis of acute food and nutrition insecurity in the Sahel and West Africa region, is the highest number recorded in Nigeria since monitoring began. Violence has escalated in 2025, with attacks by insurgents and a spiral in kidnapping incidents.
–SABC–
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