Washington is the single largest donor helping with the humanitarian response in Nigeria, according to US international development and humanitarian agency USAID. In 2020–21, it gave nearly $505 million (€445 million), most of which went to northern Nigeria, where an estimated 9 million people are at risk of food insecurity. Washington backs Nigeria's war against the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram and the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). According to the UN, the violence has killed thousands and triggered a humanitarian crisis affecting more than 5 million people. The United Nations and Ethiopia's Human Rights Commission recently released a report blaming both federal troops and TPLF rebel fighters for human rights violations against civilians.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 19, 2021 13:41 UTC