Surviving pain and fear: Women’s harrowing tales from camps in Benue, Nigeria
April 15, 2024Violent clashes in northcentral Nigeria have forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent years. Many have settled in camps around Makurdi, the capital of Benue state. Living conditions in the camps are precarious and daily life...
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Nigeria: MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in northwest
July 4, 2023Abuja, 03 July 2023 – A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to reinforce its activities while warning that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a potential...
Read moreNigeria: MSF raises alarm over escalating malnutrition crisis in the northwest
July 4, 2023Abuja, 03 July 2023 – A malnutrition crisis is escalating in northwest Nigeria, prompting international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to reinforce its activities while warning that the current humanitarian response is insufficient to avert a potential...
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“We see children dying on the way to our clinics”: MSF Country Representative in Nigeria
December 7, 2022Dr. Simba Tirima, MSF Country Representative in Nigeria: The past few months have been incredibly difficult for the people of northwest Nigeria and our teams have seen unprecedented high numbers of malnourished children in the medical facilities where we work...
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Catastrophic malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria must be recognized
September 27, 2022Abuja (27 September 2022): As the malnutrition crisis in northwest Nigeria continues at catastrophic levels, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for the humanitarian community to respond to the emergency needs of people in the region, and for northwest Nigeria...
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Out of sight: neglected malnutrition crisis threatens tens of thousands of children in northwest Nigeria
July 8, 2022A growing, yet largely ignored, malnutrition crisis is unfolding in northwest Nigeria, which threatens the lives of tens of thousands of children, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned today. Since January, MSF teams, working...
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Nigeria: Prevention is key to stop children from dying of lead poisoning
February 7, 2022More than 11 years after environmental contamination began causing the death of hundreds of children in Zamfara, northern Nigeria, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has handed over its lead poisoning project to state authorities, as children are no longer dying of...
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Nigeria: Extra-long malaria season in Borno claims lives
December 16, 2020Nigeria has some of the highest number of deaths from malaria worldwide. Usually, peak malaria season takes place during the rainy season from August to mid-October, when mosquitoes breed, after which patient numbers begin to decrease. This year, however, medical teams from Doctors...
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Nigeria: “When I think about going home, I remind myself that a live dog is better than a dead lion”
September 2, 2020Nigeria’s ‘middle belt’ states, Adamawa, Benue, Kaduna, Plateau, Nasarawa and Taraba, host the largest numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs) in the country, outside of the northeast region. Most people have been uprooted by the so-called ‘farmer-herdsmen’ conflict. At least 160,000 displaced...
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Nigeria: MSF condemns the killing of five aid workers in northeast Nigeria
July 23, 2020Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified to hear the news of the killings of five humanitarian aid workers in northeast Nigeria. The aid workers, who came from Action Against Hunger, the Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), International...
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