webfact Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Africa: 'catastrophic' malnutrition amid Boko Haram violence"The World Food Programme is scaling up its operations, as more and more displaced people are arriving, people fleeing the violence on the islands near the border with Nigeria"NEW YORK: -- Boko Haram’s violent militancy in Africa’s Lake Chad region has caused “catastrophic” levels of malnutrition, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).The UN agency says more than 5.6 million people do not have enough food to eat.It is warning that it could lead to prolonged hunger, as attacks intensify in Chad and continue in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger.“Here in lake of region of Chad, the World Food Programme is scaling up its operations, as more and more displaced people are arriving, people fleeing the violence on the islands near the border with Nigeria,” said Alexis Masciarelli, WFP spokesman.“People who have virtually left everything behind them, the food that they had harvested this year, their clothes, their tools, their fishing nets and the vast majority of them rely almost exclusively on humanitarian aid.”Boko Haram has been fighting for six years to establish an Islamist state in northeast Nigeria.It has stepped up attacks on neighbouring countries, which have joined a Nigerian offensive against the militants.Those displaced by the fighting are now living in makeshift shelters. Most of them are women and children. Some men have been killed, while other have migrated for work. -- (c) Copyright Euronews 2015-12-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerostar Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 The religion of peace spreading their message to the world .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Troll post removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Send aid and you are just supporting Boko Haram. Africa has to sort out African problems. Let them decide how they should respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Why on earth don't we send in European troops to eliminate this scum, I doubt any of them are of a religious bend, just a bunch of crazed killers who live by the gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singerman Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Why on earth don't we send in European troops to eliminate this scum, I doubt any of them are of a religious bend, just a bunch of crazed killers who live by the gun Take a look at recent history. Western troops have been "sent in" to resolve problems. There has been no spectacular evidence of success only the creation of much bigger problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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