The U.S. has approved $32.5 million in aid to Nigeria to support over 764,000 vulnerable people as hunger and insecurity drive a worsening humanitarian crisis.
The United States has approved \$32.5 million in aid to Nigeria to combat worsening hunger and malnutrition, marking a rare funding intervention since former President Donald Trump halted most USAID assistance.
The U.S. Mission to Nigeria said on Wednesday the package will provide food and nutritional support to more than 764,000 people in conflict-affected regions, particularly the northeast and northwest.
Beneficiaries include 41,569 pregnant and breastfeeding women and 43,235 children, who will receive electronic food vouchers and complementary nutrition top-ups.
Nigeria is facing one of its deepest humanitarian crises in years, worsened by insecurity and dwindling international support. In July, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned of an “unprecedented hunger crisis” that could deprive 1.3 million Nigerians of food and force the closure of 150 nutrition clinics in Borno State.
The country’s challenges are compounded by ongoing violence, with farmer-herder clashes in the northwest and insurgency in the northeast killing thousands and displacing over 2 million people. The UN estimates that the Boko Haram insurgency alone has claimed 35,000 civilian lives since 2009.
The WFP has also suspended food aid in several African countries amid global funding cuts, raising fears of broader humanitarian fallout.