Nigeria's northeast faces worst hunger in a decade as aid cuts hit region, UN says

Beneficiaries from different Internally Displaced Persons camps wait in line to receive support following the exit of USAID, at a World Food Programme distribution centre in Dikwa, Borno State, Nigeria, August 27, 2025. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun.

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.