UNITED NATIONS: The number of food-insecure people in Niger during the coming months could reach 2.3 million people, United Nations humanitarians said on Friday (Saturday in Manila).

About 1.6 million of them are likely to face severe food insecurity as soon as May, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. That’s a 30-percent increase compared to projections made in November.

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