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Forgotten Land Conflict in Nigeria's Benue State

In Benue, tens of thousands of people are displaced by the farmer-herdsmen conflict that took a sudden and violent escalation in January 2018. In the first six months of the crisis, an estimated 300,000 people were uprooted from their homes, and 1,300 killed. MSF has been working in Benue since 2018, predominantly with displaced farming communities, treating malaria and providing sexual and gender-based violence services, conducting health promotion, including for COVID-19; provision of shelter, and water and sanitation services. We believe this is a long-term crisis that can no longer be ignored," reports Doctors Without Borders.

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People prepare evening meals during sunset in the streets of Mbawa camp.

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