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Nigeria's northeast faces worst hunger in a decade as aid cuts hit region, UN says
By Ben Ezeamalu
LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Thousands of people in Nigeria's strife-torn northeast are facing the risk of catastrophic food shortages for the first time in nearly a decade, as aid cuts deepen malnutrition across the region, the U.N. World Food Programme warned on Friday. Around 15,000 people are at risk in Borno state, the agency said, an area already struggling with years of militant unrest.
Across West and Central Africa, 55 million people are facing severe food shortages, with more than three quarters of the people affected in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger, it added.
million are facing severe food shortages, with more than three quarters of the people affected in Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger, it added.
