Over 1 million in northeastern Nigeria may lose food aid by mid-2026 due to $129M funding gap, UN warns.

Over 1 million people in northeastern Nigeria could lose emergency food aid within weeks due to a $129 million funding shortfall, the UN World Food Program warned on January 22, 2026, forcing aid cuts from 1.3 million to just 72,000 people. Nearly 35 million Nigerians, including 3 million children, face severe hunger in 2026, the worst crisis on the continent since records began, driven by conflict, displacement of 3.5 million people, and collapsed global aid funding, including U.S. cuts to USAID.