Nigeria: Reeling Back Nigeria’s Hunger Emergency

WFP and partners call for collective action to prevent catastrophic food insecurity in Africa’s most populous country

Hunger came calling after Fatima Ahmed’s husband lost his job in northern Nigeria. Her family of five began skipping meals to make ends meet.

But it could have been worse. Without food and nutrition assistance from the World Food Programme (WFP), they would be eating just once daily.

“We used to get abundant food every morning, afternoon and night,” Ahmed, who is 22 and has three…