IRIN : Boko Haram fuels displacement crisis in Niger’s Diffa Region
Refugee influx into Diffa has sparked humanitarian crisis warnings: © Katy Thiam/OCHA Niger
DAKAR, 12 December 2014 (IRIN) - Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram militias have driven nearly 90,000 people into neighbouring Niger’s impoverished Diffa Region this year, sparking food security and protection worries. The September-November harvest season has been favourable across Niger except in Diffa, where food insecurity is a concern especially for displaced and poor families. “The real problem in the long-run is food insecurity,” said Karl Steinacker, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Niger representative. “This [Diffa] is a food-deficient region even during normal times. The arrival of this population is going to increase the difficulty,” he told IRIN. Read more : http://www.irinnews.org/report/100937/boko-haram-fuels-displacement-crisis-in-niger-s-diffa-region#.VIt2Epq9LCQ