Northern Nigeria's city of Maiduguri has been hit by devastating flooding. But is it due to government neglect or climate change or both?

The impact of the severe flooding in northeast Nigeria in recent days has not only displaced thousands of families but is expected to worsen the already critical crisis of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in children due to the destruction of food stocks,

Flood warnings had been ringing out across Nigeria’s north-east for weeks. Schools in Maiduguri were closed for a fortnight as the torrential rains came. The reservoir of the Alau Dam began to overflow;

IN response to the devastating floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Maiduguri, Borno State, Humanity First Nigeria under the