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Margot Van der Velden

July 24, 2025

WFP to suspend food assistance to Nigeria, seeks $130 million fund

The UN World Food Programme says it might be compelled to suspend all emergency food and nutrition aid for 1.3 million people in North-East Nigeria at the end of July.

malnourished children
May 9, 2025

50 million people in West, Central Africa at risk of hunger: WFP

The agency said that five million risk losing assistance unless urgent funding is found.

Displaced people in Mali
August 17, 2023

WFP urges free flow of aid into Niger amid military coup

“If we do not receive adequate funding, the consequences will be devastating and not just in Niger,” Ms Van der Velden said. “In the Sahel, such crises do not recognise borders.”

Nigeriens (Credit: Ofeibea Quist-Arcton/NPR)

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