| Description |
1 online resource (11 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Africa briefing ; no. 126 |
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Africa briefing ; no. 126.
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| Contents |
Overview -- Conflict, displacement and food crisis -- A deficient national and international response -- Risks of a failed response -- What needs to be done |
| Summary |
"The humanitarian crisis in north east Nigeria is at risk of growing worse. Almost five million people in the region (8.5 million across the wider Lake Chad basin) are facing severe food insecurity. This primarily is a result of a seven-year-old insurgency by Boko Haram, an Islamist militant group, which provoked forced displacement as well as massive infrastructure destruction. But the Nigerian military's forceful counter-insurgency strategy also was a precipitating factor. Amid this situation, aid agencies are unable to access many of those in need due to security constraints and lack sufficient funding for 2017. They warn that emergency food rations may be cut in weeks, just as the lean season approaches for the vulnerable millions"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"18 May 2017." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (ICG, viewed May 19, 2017) |
| Subject |
Famines -- Nigeria
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Food supply -- Nigeria
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Economic history.
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Famines.
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Food supply.
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| SUBJECT |
Nigeria -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Nigeria.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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