Northeast Nigeria
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Jihadists attack aid facilities in northeast Nigeria
Apr 11, 2021Islamic State-linked jihadists in Nigeria attacked humanitarian facilities in the restive northeastern town of Damasak, aid workers told AFP on Saturday. The attack, ongoing late on Saturday, is the second in two months affecting one of... -
China donates US$ 5 million to WFP’s emergency response in Northeast Nigeria
May 14, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US $5 million contribution from the Government of China to provide desperately-needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in... -
Japan donates US$3.5 million to WFP
Apr 9, 2017News Hour: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a US $3.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide desperately needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people in... -
Humanitarian community reduces hunger in Northeast Nigeria
Jan 29, 2017News Hour: The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin welcomes the progress made by the humanitarian community and the Government of Nigeria in fighting hunger in the country’s northeast. Together, Cousin said,... -
WFP assists more than one million people in Northeast Nigeria
Dec 30, 2016News Hour: In barely a month since the beginning of December, WFP has delivered food or cash to more than a million Nigerians in conflict-affected zones in the Northeast. This means that over half of those... -
Nearly 3 million displaced people in urgent need in Northeast Nigeria
Nov 6, 2016News Hour: IOM Nigeria’s 12th Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report, released last week (31/10), shows that 1.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and nearly one million returnees are in need of assistance across Nigeria’s northeast. The...
