The UN is warning that three million people are at risk of starvation in northern Nigeria.

About 1.2 million more are affected in countries neighbouring Lake Chad, in what officials say is the most devastating food crisis in years.

A seven-year conflict between regional military forces and the armed group Boko Haram has crippled food production and forced two million people to flee their homes.

What is being done to prevent hundreds of thousands of people at risk of starving to death? And is there a long term solution to the region's problems?

Presenter: Folly Bah Thibault

Guests:

Arjan de Vet - head of nutrition at UNICEF Nigeria

Kayode Ogundamisi - commentator on Nigerian affairs

Mike Ejiofor - security consultant and former director of Nigeria's State Security Service

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/08/africa-forgotten-crisis-160818182709279.html

All hail Sai Baba Sai Buhari

change Dole, by 2019 we will recount northern population to know there voting power so that they will stop manipulating us, because we know Hungary has reduced their number.

Pardon me, I don't pity them cos they brought it upon themselves. #chanji

America and the rest of the world would just stay and manufacture stats without even visiting the place

3 Million people, looool no na 30 million

This figure is not correct


It should be 170 million people could die of hunder

Perhaps, the horrific incident of 1967-1970 is repeating itself. Is this karma? I don't know.

That is goodnews for them. #sayiBaba#

No wonder they are all running and coming to the South in search of green pastures puching barrrows everywhere and sometimes being a nuisance to society. Okoro junction is a case study.

Btw, where are allthe "sai baba" zombie chanters?? Sometimes I wonder if oil money isn't flowing to that direction in form of allocation, wat will happen to them.

I love you GEJ.

long way to go......sai baba

Northerners are not allowed to complain or criticize this administration...wont be bad if they suffer 4 their s*****ity,maybe by 2019 the ones who survived will make use of their Brains

No matter how good Nigeria becomes, starvation ll always affect them, hw could a jobless man produce 38 children without conscience nd u expect food to flow...

mrvitalis:
America and the rest of the world would just stay and manufacture stats without even visiting the place

3 Million people, looool no na 30 million

Evil one, has it been a positive news, you would have cheer America and the rest of the world... we all know your type, soon you would claim "we igbo" to spite igbo, why don't you claim " we american" now?

Buhari is of no use to any body, he is fast becoming the bane of our nascent democracy.

UN can say whatever but the Reality is the North have to supply other regions with is surplus farm produce

3 million to die due to lack of food in the north nigeria that a good replay with the nigeria army do innocent people kill 2 million people in the east i just wish they all die, dnt tell meam heartless i havf being heartless since whem am 10 year's when i bake my heart for cake

all the wealth of this country is in the north, yet its the poorest part...