This is one illustration of why states that are jihadi hotspots are so infrequently prosperous, unless they have had the good fortune of striking oil. Then some Islamic preachers will blame the resulting poverty and hunger on Allah’s displeasure, and the jihad will gain new energy in an effort to placate his wrath.
“Rising Attacks on Nigerian Farmers Hit Nation’s Food Reserves,” by Ruth Olurounbi and Mustapha Adamu, Bloomberg, December 4, 2020:
(Bloomberg) — A surge in attacks on Nigerian farmers is having a knock-on effect on the West African nation’s food reserves.
Stocks have declined to less than 30,000 metric tons — a fraction of what the country of 200 million people requires, according to the All Farmers Association of Nigeria. Growing insecurity is making it difficult to augment those supplies, Kabir Ibrahim, the group’s president, said in a Dec. 1 interview.
Food growers are being assailed on at least three fronts. The latest attack took place on Nov. 27, when alleged Islamist insurgents killed dozens of subsistence rice growers in the northeastern state of Borno, where an insurgency has raged for more than a decade.
The violence is compounding production challenges stemming from factors such as climate change and the coronavirus pandemic that have placed northeastern Nigeria at risk of famine, the United Nations warned last month. Parts of the population in northeast Nigeria are already facing “critical hunger,” it said….
revereridesagain says
Kamala Harris can spend her “reparations” on alleviating this. Send Ilhan Omar over there to distribute the funds. Maybe this time someone will have the brains not to let her back in.
Keith O says
What is really hypocritical about this is that the same mudslimes who are killing the farmers and preventing food from being grown, they will be the first ones with their hands out trying to get food from the infidels.
And when aid is sent in, they will steal it for themselves. This happens so often when western aid is sent into try and fix a problem that has been caused by uneducated, corrupt governments.
And we will be seeing starving kids on the TV once more and be told we have to put our hands in our pockets to feed them.
NO FREAKIN WAY!!!!
Reziac says
I actually first noticed this problem back in the early ’70s. And when the hand came around begging “for the children” — I refused. Anyone who wonders why should perhaps view the Idi Amin documentary.
Jim says
This has been going on since the mid-60s, when the smarter Nigerians tried to break away and form their own Country/ State. Google: Biafra for the info. on the genocide by Col. Ojukwu.
James Lincoln says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAWlGNA9hUQ
James Lincoln says
Reziac,
To your point, remember Idi Amin’s support for the terrorist hijackers in Operation Entebbe – and the IDF response.
Raid on Entebbe – Full Movie (1977)
Christopher Watson says
The British government gives away a set percentage every year to 3rd world countries. It amounts to billions of pounds. We apparently pay for a female pop group in China! We should stop this and send the Nigerian farmers a few thousand AK-47s.
gravenimage says
Nigeria: Repeated jihad massacres of farmers are devastating the nation’s food supply
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The fruits of the “peace of Islam”–murder so many farmers that people starve.
God, I hate Islam.
Reziac says
“…unless they have had the good fortune of striking oil.”
Unfortunately, Nigeria has a lot of oil. Which given the manifest free money the Arab states get from their oil industry, may be largely driving this: if we kill all the infidels, we too can sell oil to the kaffer and retire to a harem.
LB says
True, but you cannot eat oil, nor can you eat the money it was exchanged for. And if I know one thing about islamic regimes is that the top dogs get to have it all while the commoners (both muslims and especially non-muslims) get to have scraps that fall off the table. Iran and “Palestine” come to mind in that regard.
Also, as Robert Spencer mentioned above, keeping the people hungry and desperate will only make it easier to direct their anguish towards non-muslims by putting all the blame on them so that jihad can continue as planned. It’s as twisted as it is effective, unfortunately.
Honest Ali says
Islam dictates that Muslims not farm or produce anything, but that they gain their livelihood only through Jihad raids… Robbery, looting, and slaving.
It is the criminal’s religion. Religions are known by their fruits.
SJ says
Rashida Tlaib says, “Coming soon to a store near you”.
Gourdhead says
And who do you think will be stuck with the cost of providing food to these heathens once their food supply is totally destroyed?