The United States has approved $32.5 million in humanitarian aid to Nigeria to support food and nutrition needs as hunger and insecurity worsen across the country.
The U.S. Mission to Nigeria said the assistance will reach more than 764,000 internally displaced persons in the northeast and northwest, regions severely affected by conflict and communal violence.
The package will include electronic food vouchers and nutritional support, targeting 41,569 pregnant and breastfeeding women and 43,235 children through the World Food Programme.
The intervention follows warnings by the WFP in July that northern Nigeria faces an unprecedented hunger crisis, with over 1.3 million people at risk.
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The agency had also cautioned that more than 150 nutrition clinics in Borno State could shut down due to funding shortages.
Food insecurity has been aggravated by insurgency in the northeast, which has claimed about 35,000 lives and displaced over 2 million people, as well as farmer-herder clashes and communal conflicts in the northwest and north-central regions.
The aid package comes after international donors, including the U.S., reduced food assistance earlier in the year, leading to fears that food stocks could be exhausted by September 2025.