Nigeria: Displaced but Determined in Borno - Exclusive Breastfeeding in the Midst of a Humanitarian Crisis

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The Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Maiduguri is home to over 30,000 people. It is one of several IDP camps in Borno State where victims of the Boko Haram conflict, forced to abandon their homes, have taken refuge. As a result of this conflict, the longest (since 2009) and one of the deadliest Nigeria has ever witnessed, thousands have lost their lives and millions have been displaced, creating a large-scale humanitarian crisis reported to be one of the worst on the African continent in recent times.

Bakassi camp was originally an unfinished housing estate, with hundreds of partly completed houses spread over several hectares of land. At the peak of the insurgency, faced with a need to provide housing for the large number of people seeking refuge in the state capital, the state government converted this estate into a camp for displaced people. Besides the uncompleted buildings, there are also tents, many of which bear inscriptions of international humanitarian organisations working to provide relief in Borno State.

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