Food Security: World Bank: Conflict, Major Driver of Food Insecurity in Nigeria, Others

Aug 19, 2022 | Ndubuisi Francis, This Day
View Original

The World Bank has identified conflict as one of the critical drivers of food insecurity in West Africa, especially in the north-western part of Nigeria and the Liptako Gourma region, which borders Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republic. In its latest ‘Food Security Update’, the multilateral institution, noted that the number of conflicts and fatalities reported between January and June 2022 had already surpassed what was recorded in the first half of 2021.