Tag: Food Insecurity

‘M’East war may push 20m Africans into food insecurity’ – IMF 

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IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that a 20 per cent rise in international food prices caused by the war in the Middle-East could push more than 20 million people in sub-Saharan Africa into food insecurity and leave two million children under the age of five acutely malnourished. The warning came as the IMF said the conflict is threatening to derail the economic gains recorded across the region after sub-Saharan Africa entered 2026 with its strongest growth momentum in a decade. According to the IMF, the region recorded a…

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‘Terrorist attacks pushing 35m in the North towards severe hunger’ – UN warns 

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UN warns on hunger in North

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a stark warning that escalating terrorist attacks and worsening insecurity in northern Nigeria are driving hunger to levels unseen in years, with millions now at risk as the 2026 lean season approaches. According to a statement issued yesterday, nearly 35 million people across northern Nigeria are projected to face severe food insecurity between May and September – the period between planting and harvest when rural communities typically struggle the most. In Borno State, the epicentre of the 16-year conflict with Boko…

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Global Hunger Index: ’33m Nigerians risk severe hunger in 2026′ – Red Cross

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 …Ranks 115th out of 123  The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) has warned that more than 33 million Nigerians could face severe hunger and malnutrition in 2026 if urgent and coordinated action is not taken. The warning was issued on Friday in Abuja by the NRCS Secretary-General, Abubakar Kende, during the unveiling of the organisation’s Nutrition Advocacy Plan. The event also featured the induction of Layla Othman, a Nigerian interior designer, writer, businesswoman and reality TV presenter as the society’s Nutrition Ambassador. Kende said the new advocacy plan was designed…

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UN Food Agencies raise alarm over high spate of hunger in Nigeria

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The United Nations (UN) has raised concern over the rising levels of hunger in Nigeria, warning that millions of people in the country are at risk of severe food insecurity. In a joint report released yesterday by two UN food agencies — the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) — the organisations warned that millions more people around the world could face famine as funding shortfalls worsen already dire conditions. According to the Rome-based agencies, conflict and violence are driving acute food insecurity in most…

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Global Hunger Index: Nigeria ranked 115th, as 32m face food insecurity 

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Global Hunger Index Nigeria

Nigeria has dropped to 115th position out of 125 countries on the 2025 Global Hunger Index (GHI), signalling a deepening food security and nutrition crisis fuelled by high inflation, poverty, and insecurity. The Global Hunger Index, which tracks hunger worldwide, measures four key indicators – undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality. Nigeria’s poor scores across all categories place it among countries with “serious” levels of hunger. Speaking at the Nutritious Food Fair in Kano, the Country Representative of Propcom+ Nigeria, Dr. Adiya Ode, expressed concern that the situation…

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‘Farmers/herders conflicts threaten Nigeria’s food security’ – Jega

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Jega on farmers herders

Special Adviser to the President and National Coordinator of the Presidential Livestock Reform, Professor Attahiru Jega, has warned that Nigeria risks acute protein deficits and heightened food insecurity, as violent farmer-herder crises and poor investments threaten the nation’s ₦30 trillion livestock sector. He stated this at the 2025 edition of the ‘Blueprint Newspaper Annual Impact Series/Awards’ ceremony on Tuesday, in Abuja. Painting a bleak future for Nigeria’s food, security, and health sectors, the former INEC chairman said that urgent closure of investment gaps and efficient policy coordination, among other measures,…

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Food Insecurity: ‘65.8% of Nigerians go hungry, now borrow, skip meals for days’ NBS

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have disclosed that 65 percent (two-third) of Nigerian households go hungry over dwindling food security. This was contained in the report of the General-Household Surgery released by NBS, on Thursday. According to the survey on consumption , food security, and shock, two out of three households (65.8 percent) indicated being unable to eat healthy, nutritious or preferred foods because of lack of money in the last 30 days. The NBS, however, recorded most of the food security incidents in households in the southern zones…

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Kidnapping, farmers extortion aggravating food insecurity in Nigeria All Farmers association

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AFAN decries farmers extortion

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, (AFAN), has stated that food shortages will persist across the country due to on-going kidnappings, killings of farmers, and the occupation of farmlands. The association also expressed serious concerns over large-scale extortion of farmers at increasing numbers of illegal checkpoints in parts of the country. AFAN’s National vice-president, Chief Daniel Okafor, spoke to newsmen at the 46th Regular Meeting of the National Council on Agriculture and Food Security in Calabar, Cross River State. He called on the federal government to implement the outcomes of…

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FAO warns of worsening food insecurity in Nigeria, as devastating floods continue

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FAO warns on food insecurity

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has raised the alarm over the escalating floods in Nigeria, which are exacerbating the already deteriorating food insecurity situation in the country. According to the FAO, these floods, which have affected 29 states, are displacing thousands, destroying farmland and claiming lives. FAO representative ad-interim, Koffy Dominique Kouacou, in an issued statement said, As of early September, more than 2.5 million people have been impacted, with around 200 000 displaced. According to Kouacou, the FAO is deeply concerned about the potential…

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Food Insecurity: Over 26m Nigerians at risk in 2024 – FAO

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The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says at least 26.5 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto and Zamfara States, including the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), may face a food crisis between June and August 2024. FAO country representative, Dominique Kouacou, who was represented by the Assistant FAO representative, programme, Abubakar Suleiman, disclosed this at the presentation of the October to November round of the Cadre Harmonise (CH) food security and early warning analysis yesterday, in Abuja. The CH conducted the analysis in 26 states and the FCT to ascertain the food…

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