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While demand for emergency aid is increasing in the West African country, emergency aid has actually declined in recent years. Last summer, the WFP closed more than 150 clinics where children and babies were being treated for malnutrition.
Aid organizations, including the World Food Program (WFP), are raising the alarm about an unprecedented hunger crisis in Nigeria. The situation is particularly dire in the north of the country, where millions of people are fleeing terrorist groups. 600.000 children are at risk of dying.
While demand for emergency aid is increasing in the West African country, emergency aid has actually declined in recent years. Last summer, the WFP closed more than 150 clinics where children and babies were being treated for malnutrition.
Until the beginning of this year, the United States provided more than half of Nigeria’s aid. But a few weeks after his inauguration, President Donald Trump announced the dismantling of USAID, causing a sudden and substantial reduction in foreign aid. More Western countries are cutting development budgets.
In a refugee camp in Bama, Borno State, food distribution is at risk. The number of people receiving food aid has already been reduced. Only the most vulnerable are being helped.
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Food distribution isn’t the only program affected. Since the end of USAID, the country has also lost USD 600 million in health funding, about a fifth of its total budget.
