The United Nations (UN) Central Emergency Response Fund has released $10 million (about the same in euros) to help Nigeria deal with a “devastating food crisis,” official sources said on Monday.
At a press briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Secretary-General António Guterres, indicated that the amount would be for “acute relief for people suffering from a devastating food crisis in Nigeria’s northeast.” “.
According to the United Nations, some 1.74 million children under the age of 5 in the region may be suffering from acute malnutrition this year, and more than 300,000 children may be suffering from acute malnutrition.
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