Humanitarian Crisis

75,000 Children In Nigeria At Risk Of Starving To Death

Terror group Boko Haram has been devastating areas of Central and Western Africa since 2009. Having recently been pushed out of their stronghold region of Borno in Nigeria, the United Nations warns that humanitarian assistance is needed for an estimated 14 million people in the area. As the infographic below shows, of this number, 400,000 are thought to be children, 75,000 of which are "going to die in the few months ahead of us", according to UN humanitarian co-ordinator Peter Lundberg.

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This infographic casts light on the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria in November 2016.

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Humanitarian situation in Nigeria in 2021
Number of people at risk of acute food insecurity worldwide from May to December 2025, by country and phase (in 1,000s)
Number of violent deaths caused by political instability and citizen alienation in Nigeria between 2011 and 2023, by perpetrator
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Number of additional people forecast to be covered by essential health services and not experience financial hardship in Nigeria from 2018 to 2025 (in millions)
Risk of genocide in Nigeria between 2017 and 2024
Number of terror-related deaths caused by Boko Haram attacks on military targets in Nigeria in 2018 and 2019

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