Nigeria: IDPs Go On Rampage in Maiduguri, Block Highway

Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons have left their camps and have taken to the streets to protest against hunger and thirst in their respective camps.

Mostly women and children, the visibly angry IDPs barricaded the city's main entry point, causing a gridlock along the Kano Maiduguri highway.

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