Country of origin | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Dem. Rep. of the Congo | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 39.3% | 599 |
Central African Rep. | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 12.1% | 184 |
Syrian Arab Rep. | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 9.2% | 140 |
Mali | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 9.0% | 137 |
Others | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 8.9% | 136 |
Côte d'Ivoire | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 7.9% | 121 |
Chad | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 5.7% | 87 |
Cameroon | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 4.7% | 71 |
Sudan | UNHCR, Government | 31 Aug 2017 | 3.2% | 48 |
Out of 1,757,288 IDPs, 96% (1,686,997 ) are displaced by the insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria’s conflict with Boko Haram spilled over to the Lake Chad Basin region, where Nigerian refugees are hosted since 2014, causing large scale forced displacement and an unprecedented humanitarian emergency in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
According to UNHCR estimates, statelessness affects up to 10 million people worldwide, over 1 million of which are in West Africa. There are many factors contributing to the risk of statelessness in the region, which suggest that the population at risk is very large.
Guardian, 07 Nov 2017
The American University of Nigeria (AUN) in collaboration with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has trained 1,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), especially women, in different skills. The women were trained in groundnut oil and cake production, popcorn production, pou... Read more
Economist, 23 Oct 2017
BOKO HARAM has used more female suicide-bombers than any other terrorist group in history. Of the 434 bombers the group deployed between April 2011 and June 2017, 244 have been definitely identified as female. More may have been. The Tamil Tigers, the previous holders of the gruesome record, used 44... Read more
http://www.dw.com/en/nigeria-fighting-hunger-and-boko-haram/a-40924074?maca=en-rss-en-world-4025-rdf, 18 Oct 2017
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram has been terrorizing parts of northeast Nigeria for years. The violence is pushing the region to the brink of a hunger crisis. Read more
rfi, 12 Oct 2017
Au Nigeria, Amnesty International fait part de son inquiétude au sujet des procès grandeur nature qui ont débuté ce lundi. Quatre procès engagés contre 2 000 présumés jihadistes de Boko Haram. Les audiences se tiennent à huis clos dans quatre tribunaux civils délocalisés dans un centre de détention ... Read more
Reuters, 12 Oct 2017
ABUJA (Reuters) - The vast majority of almost 2 million Nigerians driven from their homes by the conflict with Boko Haram cannot return because of a lack of security, an aid agency said on Wednesday. Read more
Food Security Cluster | |
Nigeria | |
Humanitarian Response | |
Nigeria | |
Nigeria Emergency | |
Emergency | |
UNHCR | |
Nigeria | |
WFP Food Security Analysis | |
mVAM |
Capital |
Abuja
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Languages |
en
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Population |
185,989,640
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Area |
910,770 km2
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GDP |
405,082,677,660 USD
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GDP growth |
-1.54%
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Income level |
Lower middle income
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Gini index |
48.8
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Currency |
NGN
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Literacy rate |
N/A
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