{"id":105693,"date":"2023-06-29T15:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=105693"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:17:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:17:08","slug":"un-hunger-affecting-4-3m-people-in-borno-yobe-adamawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/un-hunger-affecting-4-3m-people-in-borno-yobe-adamawa\/","title":{"rendered":"UN: Hunger affecting 4.3m people in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1770040102743076598\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations (UN) says severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria\u2019s North-East.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe UN\u2019s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale, who made this known while speaking with journalists in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, June 28, said the number of children under five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition had doubled in one year to reach 700,000.<\/p>\n<p>He listed the most affected states to include Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states<\/p>\n<p>Describing the situation in the North-East, Schmale said: \u201cI have been to Borno and the other two states several times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen mothers fighting for lives of their malnourished children in nutrition stabilisation centres.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose of us who are parents must imagine what it\u2019s like when you cannot ensure your children have enough to eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the \u201ccatastrophic\u201d situation is primarily the result of more than a decade of insecurity linked to non-State armed groups, which prevents people from farming and earning income from the land.<\/p>\n<p>He added that another harmful factor is climate change and extreme weather impacts.<\/p>\n<p>Last year saw the worst floods in 10 years in Nigeria, which affected more than 4.4 million people across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Soaring prices of food, fuel, and fertilisers have exacerbated the crisis, and the response remains severely underfunded.<\/p>\n<p>The UN official added that out of the $1.3 billion in humanitarian funding needed for the region, only 25 per cent has been secured so far.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations (UN) says severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria\u2019s North-East. 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