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35,200 Individuals
Internally displaced persons in Nigeria
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Population


Internally displaced persons in Nigeria

2,093,030


Last Updated 31 Aug 2016
IOM/DTM round IX April 2016
2,155,618 individuals (352,840 households) were identified in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Gombe, Taraba, Yobe, Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara, states and Abuja. In total, 1,856,616 IDPs captured through the DTM assessments have been displaced by the insurgency (86.16% of the total IDP population).

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IRIN news: Malnutrition rates in Nigeria “horrifying”
05 Sep 2016
Lake Chad Basin: Millions of children suffer violence by Boko Haram , according to UNICEF
30 Aug 2016
WHO: Public health emergency declared in Lake Chad basin following Nigeria polio outbreak
30 Aug 2016
WHO: Nigeria declares polio outbreak as a national public health emergency
25 Aug 2016
Nigeria: 5,000 people, mostly women and children, were rescued from Boko Haram in Borno by the Nigerian Army (Al Jazeera)
26 Jun 2016

  News

Nigeria: Risk of Man-made Famine Threatens Millions
International Rescue Committee , 15 Sep 2016
Maiduguri, September 15, 2016 — The Northeast of Nigeria is teetering on the brink of famine as 5 million people are in urgent need of food assistance, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said today. All actors, including the international community, the Nigerian government, and the UN should...
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How Boko Haram Is Keeping Polio Alive In Nigeria
NPR, 14 Sep 2016
Nigeria has to get rid of polio — again. Last year, the World Health Organization declared the country to be "polio-free." That milestone meant the disease was gone from the entire continent of Africa, a major triumph in the multibillion-dollar global effort to eradicate the disease. But tha...
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Nigerians facing desperate hunger accuse officials of stealing food
The Guardian, 13 Sep 2016
People fleeing Boko Haram protest over ‘starvation’ in camps amid claims of officials diverting rations, as UN warns the country is on the brink of famine Nigerian officials have been accused of stealing food from desperate people who are living in camps after fleeing the terrorist group Boko...
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After Boko Haram, Nigerians return home to perilous northeast: U.N.
Reuters, 09 Sep 2016
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of Nigerians who fled Boko Haram in northeast Borno State have returned to devastated towns and villages in recent days after the army seized back the militant group's last remaining strongholds, said the United Nations. Families will return to find ...
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Nigerian army faces new dangers in Boko Haram campaign
Reuters, 07 Sep 2016
Extent of Boko Haram destruction becoming clear * Ambush threat remains on roads to liberated towns * Civilians continue to flee Boko Haram guerrillas * Rains preventing assault on forest stronghold - army By Ulf Laessing BAMA, Nigeria, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria's military has libera...
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