Hundreds of displaced in Nigeria's northeast demand more food
MAIDUGURI - Hundreds of people displaced by a Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria's northeast staged a protest in the region's main city on Thursday to demand more aid, accusing officials of stealing food rations, witnesses said.
They left their camps in Maiduguri, capital of the northeastern Borno state, and blocked the highway to Kano, another big city, for five hours, demanding that distribution by feeding committees be ended.
The UN food program WFP last week warned that up to 5.5 million people in the volatile northeast might need food aid by next month as soaring inflation was pushing up food prices.
