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Thousands of people in the West African country, including refugees from neighbouring countries, struggle to get enough food.
After more than a decade of conflict, the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria’s northeast states remains one of the most serious in the world.
This crisis is caused by lack of access to food, safe water and sanitation, the disruption of basic services due to conflict and poor knowledge of healthy feeding practices for young children.
Reaching many in need of support can be extremely difficult for humanitarian organisations because they live in areas controlled by armed groups. Since 2012, northeast Nigeria has faced insecurity due to the conflict with the Boko Haram insurgent group.
However, Action Against Hunger continues to operate in some of the most affected areas – working to ensure children and families touched by this conflict are receiving the lifesaving support they need.
Action Against Hunger's programmes reached over 2 million people in Nigeria in 2020.
Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people.
Over a third of Nigerian children under five suffer from malnutrition.
Action Against Hunger has worked in Nigeria since 2010. We help fight the root causes of hunger by:
Thousands of people in the West African country, including refugees from neighbouring countries, struggle to get enough food.
Political instability, social unrest, and conflicts with neighbouring countries have a huge impact on communities here.
The West African nation is the poorest country in the world according to the UN’s Human Development Index.