Members of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA) gathered on 12 December 2016 in Abuja at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Food Crisis Prevention Network (RPCA), held under the political leadership of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic […]
The lifesaving power of cash
When you ask Zulyatu what her family needs most after being displaced by Boko Haram, the answer comes to her lips instantly: abinci, the Hausa word for food. “We cannot do anything,” Zulyatu says. “We are very hungry and we don’t have anything to eat.” Zulyatu’s father died during a […]
New Humanitarian Hubs Set to Serve Millions in Northeastern Nigeria
Nigeria – The humanitarian community will soon be able to better coordinate support for northeast Nigeria, where nearly seven million people are in need of life-saving assistance. This is thanks to the setting up of a humanitarian base camp and hub project, which will cover Borno, the state hardest hit […]
Nigeria: I kept telling the team “it’s all about food”
Interview with Helle Poulsen-Dobbyns, MSF programme coordinator in Maiduguri Helle Poulsen-Dobbyns has just returned from Maiduguri – the capital of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria – where she was programme coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). She explains how malnourished children idps were flooding into MSFmedical facilities in a region […]
Learning as solace and safety in North East Nigeria
By Yusuf Ismail With the assistance of UNICEF and partners, over 88,000 children have access to safe learning spaces in north-east Nigeria and almost 155,000 children have been reached with learning materials. One of these learning spaces is in a camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) and Yusuf Ismail oulines […]
Two hundred children could die every day in north-east Nigeria hunger crisis
New data from Save the Children reveals that up to half of all under-fives in some areas are suffering from acute malnutrition STARVATION IN IDPs NIGERIA STARVATION IN IDPs NIGERIA A new survey from Save the Children has found that up to half of all under-fives are acutely malnourished in […]
Nigeria: Providing safety during conflict
Millions of people in Nigeria’s north-east were displaced due to Boko Haram violence, now in its seventh year. More than 1 million people moved within the most affected areas in Borno state, while others fled further afield seeking a better life and safety from conflict. The National Emergency Management Agency […]
75,000 children in Nigeria could starve to death within months, says UN
Date of Publication: NOV. 2016 SOURCE: GUARDIAN
WHO,Partners support measles vaccination in Borno State
WHO and health partners helped vaccinate more than 10 000 children against measles in 2 days in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the conflict-affected Borno State. Since 6 June 2016, health clinics in IDP camps in Borno State have seen increasing numbers of measles cases. From early September until […]
USAID deploys disaster assistance response team to Nigeria
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today that it is dispatching a Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to Nigeria to support Government of Nigeria-led efforts to reduce food insecurity in the Boko Haram-affected regions of the country’s northeast emergency response north east nigeria “The U.S. Government […]
