Nuer people
On 3 August, [[Burkina Faso]] was hit by a drought, as 4,500,000 Burkinans and 6,700,000 Nigerians faced starvation. [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW) said the Sudanese [[Nuer people|Nuer]]–[[Dinka]] war was hampering relief efforts and damaging agricultural output in parts of South Sudan.