By REUTERS More by this AuthorThe United Nations humanitarian agency is struggling to secure funding to combat severe food insecurity in Nigeria's insurgency-hit northeast, raising fears of mass hunger and deaths, its resident coordinator warned. Read: Malnutrition in Nigeria’s northeast worries global bodiesFall anticipates receiving only $300 million in the best-case scenario, a significant drop from the $500 million secured last year. The situation is further exacerbated by Nigeria's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, with inflation exceeding 33 percent and food prices soaring above 40 percent. UN Ocha warns of "catastrophic" consequences of food insecurity in Nigeria's northeast without immediate intervention. "The cost of inaction has many folds with the most pressing being an excess mortality among children," Fall said.
