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Millions of Nigerians go hungry as floods compound hardship - REUTERS
- Nigeria floods cause mass displacement, destroy crops
- Nation of 200 million facing severe economic hardship
- Over 33 million at risk of acute food insecurity
- Conflict also a factor in ballooning food crisis
GUBIO, Nigeria, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Unrelenting price rises and a brutal insurgency had already made it hard for Nigerians in northeastern Borno State to feed their families. When a dam collapsed in September, flooding the state capital and surrounding farmland, many people ran out of options.
Now they queue for handouts in camps for those displaced by fighting between extremist Boko Haram rebels and the military. When those run out, they seek work on local farms where they risk being killed or raped by local bandits.
