| A staggering hunger crisis is unfolding in Nigeria, and the world is barely aware |
More than 3 million people displaced and isolated by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria are facing one of the world’s biggest humanitarian disasters. Every day, more children are dying because there isn’t enough food. Curable illnesses are killing others. Even polio has returned.
Institutional failures have exacerbated the situation: For over a year, the United Nations and humanitarian groups dramatically underestimated the size of the disaster, and the Nigerian government refused to acknowledge the huge number of people going hungry in Africa’s second-richest nation. Thousands of people have already died because of the inaction, aid experts say.
The crisis has been largely hidden from view, partly because it has been extremely dangerous for aid groups to visit the area. A Washington Post reporter and photographer recently traveled with aid workers to three newly accessible cities. This is what they saw. |
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