22 May 2017

Famine in Northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen

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About 150,000 people are facing famine in Nigeria and South Sudan. Another 9 million face Emergency food security outcomes (IPC 4) in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen, and could face Famine (IPC 5), if no assistance is provided between May and August, when the lean season takes hold.

Food security & livelihoods