Breastfeeding is restoring hope and humanity in Michika, an area torn apart by conflict in northeast Nigeria.

IRC mobile medical teams bring nutrition screenings and healthcare to communities in Nigeria where health services have been destroyed by war. The IRC and our partners also help children heal from the trauma of the conflict.

The International Rescue Committee is providing emergency assistance to more than half of the 14,000 people who fled the town of Damasak in northeastern Nigeria after it was attacked by insurgents.

Famine has been declared in regions of South Sudan's Unity State, the world’s newest country which has been embroiled in conflict since its independence. Largely located in the northern regions of the country, the famine is affecting 100,000 people with a further one million at risk. Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen are also on the brink of famine as they struggle to respond to drought, rising food prices and a lack of food.

For the first time ever, the world is facing the very real possibility of not one, but four simultaneous famines—in South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen. Thirty million people are facing starvation and living on the brink of what could become the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time.