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A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) has been assessing emergency shelter needs in Nigeria, which is currently suffering from the worst flooding in five decades that has forced thousands of families from their homes. As paperwork for the…

Sokoto, Nigeria reports under-immunized children in midst of Sahel crisis The crisis in Africa’s Sahel region continues. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, 18.7 million people face food and nutrition insecurity and more than a million…

Highlights: Nigeria is currently experiencing the worst flooding in more than 40 years. Between July and the end of October, 7,705,378 people have been affected by the floods and 2,157,419 have registered as IDPs at some moment; 363…

By Ahmed Usman KANO, Nigeria, Nov 3 2012 (IPS) - A recent military curfew imposed on the violence-wracked north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum has not only made life unbearable for residents, but it has also reduced their…

After severe floods hit eastern Nigeria in September, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) provided medical assistance and distributed aid kits to populations in need. Hundreds of villages were destroyed and thousands of people were affected by…

With a prevalence rate of 8.1% severely malnourished children, Gombe State in north-east Nigeria was just the right place to pilot the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme. The programme was piloted in three local government…

Over a million people have been displaced in the African country where the worst flooding in 50 years has caused rivers to swell and forced families to flee their homes. The River Niger and its tributaries are…

Synopsis Increased focus on generating community feedback in the Nigeria Fadama project is helping to improve rural livelihoods by deepening the quality and quantity of communication between development practitioners, governments, and community members. Results have included a…

Widespread flooding across the country reduces crop production levels KEY MESSAGES Widespread flooding peaked between September and mid-October across the country and was particularly severe in the north-central and coastal states. This flooding displaced over 1.3 million people…

INTRODUCTION “We are in the middle of two things. If you take a look at your right or you take a look at your left both of them they are deadly. It’s a lose lose situation.” A civil engineer, aged 32…