Northeast Nigeria is on the brink of a severe famine, with more than one million people at immediate risk due to a combination of escalating terrorist violence, collapsing humanitarian support, and skyrocketing living costs.
Food supplies are expected to be exhausted by the end of July as international aid continues to decline.
The scaling back of key Western assistance programs, including the downsizing of USAID operations in the region, has left critical humanitarian services under-resourced and overwhelmed.
The World Food Programme has reported that in areas like Mafa, about 150 kilometers from Damboa, only the final stocks of donated rice remain, with no clear plan for replenishment.
The agency has only been able to reach around 1.3 million people, despite five million people facing severe hunger across the conflict-affected states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.
With food warehouses nearly empty, humanitarian officials are warning of inevitable loss of life if emergency aid is not restored.
The crisis is deepened by the timing, coinciding with the lean season from June to September, when households traditionally face the most severe food shortages between planting and harvest.
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