ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria said on Monday that aid agencies, including the United Nations, were exaggerating the levels of hunger in the strife-torn northeast to get more funding from international donors. In the last few months, Boko Haram insurgents, who have killed 15,000 people and displaced ...

Millions go hungry in Nigeria, as its people are fleeing violence and suffering under the inflation of food prices. Saleh stands in line for his monthly food basket, battling the harmattan season of dust and dry heat. He has a family of 12 to feed and food assistance is critical. “I used to be...

Ali Mboudou was at home with his children one night in late 2015 when Boko Haram militants entered his village. They came in trucks and on foot from many directions, heavily armed. “We were surrounded. Everyone was a hostage,” he tells IRIN via a translator. “After two days, some of our men ca...