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WFP to Halt Emergency Food Aid for 1.3 Million in Northeast Nigeria

WFP must secure $130 million in fresh funding by month’s end to avert collapse of food aid in northeast Nigeria.

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A Fulani woman empties water from a bowl outside her house in Konduga, northeast Nigeria, Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Overview

  • The UN agency announced that emergency food and nutrition assistance for 1.3 million people in Borno and Yobe states will end at the close of July after all local stocks were exhausted.
  • Nearly 31 million Nigerians are now facing acute hunger, the highest figure on record, according to WFP reports.
  • Only 21% of the $130 million appeal for sustaining operations through 2025 has been funded, triggering the suspension of aid.
  • More than 150 WFP-supported nutrition clinics are set to close, depriving over 300,000 children under two of life-saving treatment for malnutrition.
  • Aid experts warn that the suspension could drive further displacement of 2.3 million conflict-affected people across the Lake Chad Basin and heighten regional instability.