Boko Haram: Australia To Support Nigeria, Niger, Others With $5.4m To Fight Hunger

The Australian High Commission in Abuja in a statement yesterday said Australia is willing to support Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger with $3m to help fight hunger in Boko Haram crisis places. It also said that it had dedicated an additional $2.4m to existing projects to combat malnutrition in Niger, adding that its total global contribution to the World Food Programme for 2015-2016 was $43.3m.

The commission also stated that Australia’s contribution to the World Food Programme was being used in all four countries to assist up to 400,000 of the region’s refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and the communities hosting them to gain access to life-saving food assistance, the statement said.