HIGHLIGHTS
Since June, the USG has provided approximately $50.8 million in assistance for the Nigeria regional crisis
Nearly 1.4 million people are displaced in northeastern Nigeria due to Boko Haram violence
During the week of July 20, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari met with U.S. President Barak Obama in Washington, D.C., to discuss the Boko Haram insurgency, among other topics
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
Persistent violence by Boko Haram continues to displace populations in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries. As of June, Boko Haram violence had internally displaced 1.4 million people in northeastern Nigeria, IOM reports.
Approximately 3.5 million people in northeastern Nigeria—as well as 400,000 people in neighboring Cameroon, Chad, and Niger—will likely experience significant difficulty in meeting their basic food needs between July and September, according to the USAIDfunded Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET).
Since June, the USG has provided approximately $50.8 million in humanitarian assistance to the Nigeria regional crisis. Of the new funding, State/PRM has provided $41.4 million to support emergency food assistance, protection services, and other critical aid to Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger, and IDPs and conflict-affected populations in Nigeria. Through $4.8 million in funding to implementing partners, USAID/OFDA is supporting protection and health services, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) assistance to IDPs and host communities in northeastern Nigeria. With $4.6 million in funding, USAID/FFP is supporting emergency food assistance through cash vouchers to conflict-affected people in Borno State.