Niger

Niger hosts over 420,000 refugees and 500,000 internally displaced people. The country has been affected by instability in neighbouring Burkina Faso, Libya, Chad, Nigeria and Mali. The food price crisis, recurrent climatic shocks and ongoing conflict have all contributed to increasing vulnerability for both refugees and Nigerien nationals alike. In 2024 a total of 3.4 million people—13 percent of the population—were acutely food insecure during the lean season.

JOINT HUB SUPPORT

Since June 2022, the Joint Hub has supported the UNHCR and WFP country offices in Niger in developing and implementing a joint needs assessment across four provinces, along with a common targeting strategy for basic needs assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and host communities. The updated targeting strategy was rolled out in May 2023, beginning with a community-based household selection process (May–August). The resulting lists of eligible households were then used to guide food assistance starting in November 2023.

In 2025, following the completion of a lessons-learned report, the Joint Hub concluded its engagement in Niger.

“On the capacity building siide, working with the Joint Hub was great, it felt like an exchange. Capacity building wasn't a target I set out for the Research, Assessment and Monitoring (RAM) team at the beginning, but it was a positive side-effect”

Ana Law, Head of RAM, WFP Niger

“For WFP, the entry point is vulnerability to food insecurity, for UNHCR it is protection. The Joint Hub was like a mediatoe, trying to understand each agency's perspective and find a consensual solution. They were very good mediators”

Wahabou Hassane, Programme and Policy Officer, WFP Niger

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