Insecurity worsens hunger in Nigeria's Lake Chad area

Significance

OCHA warns that over 8 million people in these states are in need of assistance and about 600,000 face emergency levels of food insecurity as a result of the insurgency by jihadist groups.

Impacts

• Famine and rising insecurity could spur mass population movements across borders to neighbouring states.
• Insecurity in the Lake Chad region will continue to hamper vital investments.
• Failure of the Chadian government’s peace talks with its rebels in Qatar will only add to the region’s woes.