Nigeria’s food basket state is boiling as killings and deadly attacks on farmers disrupt food supply and put the nation on the hunger map. No fewer than 100 persons were killed late Friday into Saturday morning in Yelwata, a sleepy, agrarian community in Benue State, according to Amnesty International. Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State produces large quantities of yam, rice, maize, cassava, and soybeans consumed in Zamfara to Enugu. But many of those farming these crops have either been killed or displaced, raising c
Nigeria’s food basket state is boiling as killings and deadly attacks on farmers disrupt food supply and put the nation on the hunger map. No fewer than 100 persons were killed late Friday into Saturday morning in Yelwata, a sleepy, agrarian community in Benue State, according to Amnesty International. Yelwata in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State produces large quantities of yam, rice, maize, cassava, and soybeans consumed in Zamfara to Enugu. But many of those farming these crops have either been killed or displaced, raising c