Nigeria: 1.8 Million Nigerians Internally Displaced in North-East - UNHCR

17 November 2016

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said about 1.8 million persons are internally displaced in the North East region of Nigeria.

The UNHCR representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS and acting UN resident coordinator, Angele Dikongue-Atangana stated this on Wednesday in her opening remark during the Annual Stakeholders Briefing of the UN refugee agency in the country.

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