The United States has suspended all assistance to the Somali government, accusing officials of destroying a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and unlawfully seizing donor-funded food aid intended for vulnerable populations. In a statement posted on X, the US State Department said the decision followed reports that Somali…
A sharp escalation in militant attacks across northern Nigeria is pushing hunger to unprecedented levels and is projected to drive the continent’s worst food insecurity in 2026, according to a new World Food Programme (WFP) assessment released Tuesday. The UN agency warns that 35 million Nigerians could face severe hunger…
Aid organisations, including the World Food Programme (WFP), are sounding the alarm over an unprecedented hunger crisis unfolding in Nigeria, particularly in the country’s northern regions, where millions are fleeing violence from terrorist groups. Humanitarian agencies warn that up to 600,000 children are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition.…