Nigeria: Northern Nigeria - Refuge for IDPs Fleeing Boko Haram

16 July 2017

They have fled their homes, schools, and farmland, often more than two years ago, and still cannot return home.

Ever since the armed group Boko Haram started its campaign of violence in 2009 in northeastern Nigeria, more than 2.1 million Nigerians have been on the run. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), there are currently 1.9 million internally displaced people (IDP) in the West African country.

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