Around 55 million people in violence-wracked West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity this year, and some are on the verge of famine in northern Nigeria, the United Nations (UN) said, yesterday. Violence across the region has triggered a hunger crisis that is being exacerbated by aid cuts, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) stated. According to the WFP, it had had to slash its food assistance in the area as funding dries up. In West and Central Africa, “a staggering 55 million people will be facing acute food…
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