Nigeria: Benue - Concerns As Measles, Malnutrition Take Toll On IDPs

With over 22,000 out of about 27,000 children in Daudu, Guma and Abagena Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Benue State malnourished, the deplorable living conditions in the camps call for urgent attention.

Like several other IDPs across the country, those in Benue state are faced with severe humanitarian crisis as starvation and disease outbreaks take huge toll on them.

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