Thomson Reuters Foundation: World must aid famine-threatened Nigeria to avoid ‘mass exodus’
“The devastation wrought by Boko Haram, which has left millions of people in northeast Nigeria on the brink of famine, could exacerbate Europe’s migration crisis if the world fails to act urgently, the country’s chief humanitarian coordinator said. Nearly five million people in the region are desperately hungry and risk starving to death this year if they do not receive food aid, according to figures from the United Nations…” (Guilbert, 4/18).