The
new Humanitarian
Situation Report on the North-East Nigeria has shown that a total of $1.05
billion is needed for 176 projects to be implemented by 60 humanitarian
organisations in the region. The completion of the projects would alleviate the suffering of 6.1 million people in dire need of life-saving aid in three
states with the high impacts of the Boko Haram Insurgency.
According
to the report, released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, “the appeal is the sixth
largest single‐country appeal globally. As of 31 July, $504 million (48.1 per
cent) of the funds have been received, according to the Financial Tracking
Service (FTS).”
“Now in its ninth year, the crisis in north‐east Nigeria
remains one of the most severe in the world. In the three worst‐affected states
of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, 1.8 million people are internally displaced and
human rights violations continue to be reported daily. Over eighty per cent of
internally displaced people (IDPs) are in Borno State, the epicentre of the
crisis, and over sixty per cent are living in host communities, making it
harder to access them with assistance and putting additional pressure on the
already stretched resources of these communities.”
The report adds that food security, nutrition and malaria
remain critical issues in the region as conflict continues to limit the amount
of land under cultivation and with the lean season underway the situation is
set to worsen.
Already, malaria is the main cause of mortality in Borno
State, accounting for over 50% of all recorded deaths in the state.
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