By Black Star News
Photos: YouTube Screenshots
Extreme cuts to humanitarian aid, in north-east Nigeria, could benefit jihadist group Boko Haram, by boosting their recruits with disaffected young people, warns aid agencies.
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says funding cutbacks have left them without resources to help this region.
Trust Mlambo, head of operations in the area for WFP, said, “It will be much easier for militants to lure youths to join them and spiral insecurity across the whole region…We don’t have any more to give after this [month’s] cycle. Our warehouses are empty, and we just are desperate for any generous donations.”
Boko Haram is an alleged Muslim organization which describes itself as jihadist is based in north-east Nigeria. It is also active in: Chad, northern Cameroon, Niger and Mali. It was founded, in 2002, by Mohammed Yusuf. Since then the group has undergone increasing radicalization. The group is alleged to have killed tens of thousands.
In Nigeria, the decrease in aid, launched by the Trump Administration, has already led to rising rates of malnutrition.
According to Doctors Without Borders (MSF), there has been a spike this year in severe deadly cases of malnutrition among children. “Six-hundred-and-fifty-two children have already died in our facilities since the beginning of 2025 due to lack of timely access to care,” MSF said.
WFP’s Mlambo gave a depressing evaluation of where things are headed given the desperation of Nigerians, in the north-east, and why Boko Haram recruitment could increase, “If people here feel that their livelihood [is gone], they can’t even have the next meal, for sure, they will be pushed to go just across the [hills] to enroll.”
To Support our independent investigative journalism contributions are welcome via Cashapp to: $BlackStarNews
Also support Black Star News by buying merch from our brand new Black Star Store!
