In 2024, Nigeria is expected to see about 26.5 million people grappling with high levels of food insecurity, as disclosed by the Government of Nigeria and its partners during the unveiling of the...
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World Humanitarian Day 2023: Honoring aid workers who deliver no matter what
Abuja, 18 August 2023: This year’s World Humanitarian Day honours all aid workers who step up each day to provide life-saving assistance to millions of people in north-east Nigeria and other parts of...
United Nations allocates $20 million to scale up emergency response to food security and nutrition crisis in north-east Nigeria
**ABUJA, 20 June 2023 **-- The United Nations has allocated US$20 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) and the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) to urgently ramp up the humanitarian...
UN, NGOs appeal for US$396 million for urgent response to alarming hunger and malnutrition crisis in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states
Abuja, 18 May 2023 -- To prevent a widespread hunger and malnutrition crisis in north-east Nigeria from turning fully catastrophic US$396 million is urgently needed to scale up humanitarian action in...
US$1.3 billion needed to reach 6 million people in North-East Nigeria with humanitarian assistance in 2023
YOLA, ADAMAWA STATE, 16 FEBRUARY– The 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan for north-east Nigeria launched today requests US$1.3 billion to provide critical lifesaving assistance to 6 million people...
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La Conférence de Niamey sur la région du lac Tchad s’est conclue par un engagement ferme à renforcer l’action conjointe pour une réponse immédiate et à plus long terme dans la région
Points forts La Conférence a réaffirmé l’impérieuse nécessité d’aborder les besoins humanitaires croissants, les causes profondes et les dimensions interconnectées ayant trait à la crise qui sévit...
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Lake Chad Niamey Conference concludes with a strong commitment to strengthening joint action for immediate and longer-term response in the region
Highlights The Conference reiterated the critical need to address growing humanitarian needs, the root causes and the interconnected dimensions of the Lake Chad Basin crisis and strengthen the...
Nigeria + 1 more
Drowning World
In Nigeria and Pakistan, months of heavy rains caused widespread flooding and devastation. The floods affected more than 33 million people in Pakistan and more than 4.4 million people in Nigeria. In...
United Nations releases US$10.5 million for Nigeria floods response
Abuja, 18 November 2022 -- The United Nations today released a total of US$10.5 million from the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) and the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide assistance...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, on the killing of an aid worker in Damboa, Borno State
Yesterday’s killing of a staff member of the humanitarian non-governmental organization Médecins du Monde in Damboa, Borno State is deeply disturbing and sad. On behalf of the United Nations, I...
$10 million CERF allocation to support life-saving nutrition response in North-East Nigeria
Maiduguri, 19 September – As the people of north-east Nigeria struggle to endure a devastating food and nutrition crisis, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has released a US$10 million...
World Humanitarian Day 2022: A Tribute to Aid Workers on the Front Lines in North-East Nigeria
Maiduguri, Borno, 19 August 2022: Today on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, the humanitarian community in north-east Nigeria honors all aid workers stepping up to respond each day to the...
Urgent assistance needed in North-East Nigeria to avert serious food and nutrition crisis
Geneva, 21 June – As north-east Nigeria continues to face an unrelenting humanitarian crisis, 4.1 million people in north-east Nigeria are at risk of severe food insecurity this lean season. People...
UN allocates $15 million to address food insecurity and malnutrition in North-east Nigeria
Abuja, 21 April – The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martins Griffiths, has allocated US$15 million emergency funding from the UN Central...
US$351 million urgently needed for Food Security & Nutrition in North-east Nigeria
Abuja, 11 April 2022 - US$351 million is urgently needed by the UN and partners to intervene and save lives in North-East Nigeria as underlined by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office...
UN Humanitarian chief pledges support for Nigeria
Abuja, 21 January 2022: The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (USG/ERC), Martin Griffiths, concluded a four-day visit to Nigeria yesterday. The UN...
Nigeria Humanitarian Fund: $23.8 million to address critical humanitarian needs in north-east Nigeria
02 November, 2021, ABUJA, Nigeria. At a time of unprecedented humanitarian needs, funding shortfall, COVID-19, and climate shocks, the Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) is allocating $23.8 million to...
Nigeria commemorates humanitarians and alerts citizens to the alarming effects of climate change
18 August 2021, Maiduguri — The 19th of August marks World Humanitarian Day (WHD), a day that honors humanitarian aid workers all over the world. This year’s WHD theme is climate change and the...
Joint efforts to fight hunger in north-east Nigeria
Joint News Release MAIDUGURI – Hunger is on the rise worldwide. The combination of conflict, COVID-19, increased food prices and the effects of climate change are decimating livelihoods and people’s...
North-East Nigeria: US$1 billion needed to address the humanitarian needs of 6.4 million people in 2021
Abuja, 16 March 2021- Ongoing conflict continues to be the main driver of humanitarian needs in northeast Nigeria, where millions of people have been displaced. Longstanding insecurity and violence,...