The World Food Program (WFP), an arm of the United Nations, warned on Tuesday parts of Nigeria may face unprecedented hunger in the most perilous parts of the upcoming year, leaving as many as 35 million people facing “severe food insecurity.”
The WFP blamed attacks by “insurgent groups” and “economic stress” as the main drivers of this potential famine, naming several jihadist organizations but omitting the genocidal nature of their attacks on indigenous Christian communities in the country. The U.N. report also did not mention the Fulani “herdsmen” jihadists as a factor in the calamity befalling Nigerian Christians – whose attacks in the Middle Belt of the country are considered among the deadliest – nor the identity of many of the victims.
“Growing instability across northern Nigeria, including a surge in attacks, is driving hunger to levels never seen before,” a WFP press release declared on Tuesday.
“Northern Nigeria is experiencing the most severe hunger crisis in a decade with rural farming communities the hardest hit,” it continued.
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