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Nigeria Situation

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35,200 Individuals
Nigerian Refugees
Base Layer

Population


Internally Displaced Persons in Lake Chad Basin

2,195,250


Households

401,987


Last Updated 20 Dec 2016
Source - UNHCR

Internally displaced persons in Nigeria

1,770,444


Households

313,923


Last Updated 20 Dec 2016

Nigerian Refugees

200,172


Households

43,515


Last Updated 09 Dec 2016
Source - UNHCR

  Nigerian Refugees


Country
Estimated Population

 

105,386

Individuals

Last Updated 30 Nov 2016



 

86,409

Individuals

Last Updated 09 Dec 2016



 

8,377

Individuals

Last Updated 01 Dec 2016


   Latest Documents

  Funding Requirements 2016

Total Appeal $198,764,278
Received to Date $65,306,659
Gap $133,457,619
Coverage 33%
Last Updated 20 Oct 2016

  Highlights

Almost half of refugees in Chad going hungry after aid cuts, poor harvests - U.N.
30 Nov 2016
Up to 1 mln people cut off from aid by Boko Haram in Lake Chad - U.N.
30 Nov 2016
The Secretary-General welcomes the reported release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls, following more than two years of captivity.
18 Oct 2016
UNICEF more than doubles its funding appeal to provide life-saving assistance for children in northeast Nigeria
29 Sep 2016
UNHCR continues to scale up its presence in the north-east with the deployment of additional staff
23 Sep 2016

  News

Tchad : Filippo Grandi préoccupé par les conditions de vie des déplacés de Baga Sola
UN Radio, 15 Dec 2016
Le Haut-Commissaire pour le réfugiés est en déplacement au Tchad où il s'est notamment rendu dans la région du Baga Sola où vivent plus de 100 000 personnes qui ont été déplacées par des militants du groupe Boko Haram, y compris des ressortissants du Nigéria et du Niger. Cette visite de F...
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Nigeria: Suicide attacks kill dozens in Madagali
Aljazeera, 09 Dec 2016
Attack on a vegetable market near a Boko Haram stronghold kills at least 30 people and wounds more than 50. Two schoolgirl suicide bombers killed 30 people and wounded dozens in a coordinated attack on a crowded market in the northeastern Nigerian town of Madagali, an army spokesman said. The ...
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Poverty, prejudice drive more women to join Boko Haram militants
Reuters, 06 Dec 2016
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Failing to improve the lives of girls and women trapped in poverty and domestic drudgery in northeast Nigeria could drive them into the ranks of extremist groups, analysts said on Monday. Many girls and women have been abducted by ...
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Helicopter aid reaches 45,000 in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria -UN
Reuters, 06 Dec 2016
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Flying in aid workers by helicopter to remote, hard-to-reach areas previously cut off from help by Boko Haram violence across northeast Nigeria has provided more than 45,000 people with aid over the past week, the United Nations said ...
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Boko Haram attacks hinder aid delivery in southeastern Niger - agencies
Reuters, 06 Dec 2016
By Kieran Guilbert DAKAR, Dec 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A spate of attacks by Boko Haram in southeastern Niger in recent months is hindering the delivery of aid to more than 200,000 people forced from their homes, aid agencies said on Thursday. Niger's Diffa region is hosting around 220...
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