Nigeria, Ethiopia Among African Countries Under Hunger Threat - World Bank

Nigeria is among a few countries in sub-Saharan Africa that are under the threat of food insecurity, the World Bank has said.

The President, World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, said there were devastating levels of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen.He also disclosed that the bank was working out $1.6bn fund to cushion the effect of the food crisis in the region.

Kim said, “Famine is a stain on our collective conscience. Millions of lives are at risk and more will die if we do not act quickly and decisively.

“We at the World Bank Group stand in solidarity with the people now threatened by famine. We are mobilising an immediate response for Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen.