Nigeria violence pushes refugees and cholera across borders

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:52 GMT

A girl rubs her eye beside her father in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, that was set up for Nigerians fleeing the violence committed against them by Boko Haram militants, at Wurojuli, Gombe State, September 1, 2014. REUTERS/Samuel Ini

The cholera outbreak has been compounded by a poor harvests in southern Niger that has forced locals and refugees to go to Lake Chad in search of food, said Karl Steinacker, the U.N. refugee agency’s (UNHCR) country representative in Niger.
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