Nigerian Fighting Causing Refugee Exodus - UN
The United Nations refugee agency says insecurity in north-eastern Nigeria is forcing people - mostly women and children - to flee to neigbouring Niger and Cameroon.
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Nigeria: Refugees from North Crisis Flee to Cameroon
UN News Service, 18 June 2013
The United Nations refugee agency today reported that the ongoing crisis in north-eastern Nigeria is continuing to send people fleeing to Niger and now to Cameroon amid the ... read more »
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Nigeria: NE Nigeria Insecurity Sees Refugee Outflows Spreading to Cameroon (press release)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 18 June 2013
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 18 June 2013, at the Palais des Nations ... read more »
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Nigeria: UNHCR - Thousands Flee Nigeria-Boko Haram Crisis
Voice of America, 11 June 2013
The United Nations refugee agency is reporting that thousands of people have fled a government-led crackdown on radical Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria ... read more »
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Nigeria: More Than 6,000 People Flee to Niger From North-East Nigeria
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 11 June 2013
The UN refugee agency said on Tuesday that the crisis in north-eastern Nigeria has forced more than 6,000 mainly women, children and older people to seek safety in neighbouring ... read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Crisis Sees More Than 6,000 People Displaced Into Neighbouring Countries
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 11 June 2013
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at the press briefing, on 11 June 2013, at the Palais des Nations ... read more »
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Nigeria: Crisis Sends Over 6,000 People Fleeing for Safety, UN Agency Reports
UN News Service, 11 June 2013
Anti-insurgent operations and general insecurity have uprooted thousands of people in north-eastern Nigeria, with more than 6,000 of them fleeing to neighbouring Niger for safety, ... read more »
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West Africa: Boko Haram - Group Tasks FG On Refugees in ECOWAS
Vanguard, 13 June 2013
The Federal Government has been urged to assist Nigerians, forced to flee to neighbouring West African countries to escape from the Boko Haram violence in Northern Nigeria. read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Insurgency Displaces Over 6,000 People, Says UN
Vanguard, 11 June 2013
The United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that anti-insurgency operations and general insecurity had uprooted over 6,000 people in north-eastern ... read more »
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Cameroon: Nigerian Refugee Exodus Spreading to Cameroon
Voice of America, 18 June 2013
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reports people are continuing to flee the crisis in northeastern Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. It said the refugee exodus is ... read more »
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