UN says 9.2 million Lake Chad residents need food aid

Niamey MORE THAN nine million people in the Lake Chad region are in desperate need of food aid as the violent insurgency being waged there by Boko Haram rages, the UN said on Monday. Half of the region's residents are facing"chronic food insecurity" and malnutrition as the violence around Lake Chad"continues to deteriorate", UN said. (AFP)