Niger: Growing Needs for Those Displaced by Boko Haram Conflict

Field newsNiger: Growing Needs for Those Displaced by Boko Haram ConflictMay 10, 2017For more than three years, ongoing conflict between Boko Haram and the armies in the Lake Chad region has taken a heavy toll on civilian populations. Many have fled their homes and left everything behind to find refuge in other villages and eventually across borders. Authorities report that there are now more than 240,000 displaced people in southeastern Niger ’s Diffa region, bordered by Chad and Nigeria. The majority of them were driven from home by violence.
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