Thomson Reuters Foundation: Thousands flee Nigeria after Insurgents attack, Niger, Chad struggle
DAKAR/NIAMEY, Jan 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some 20,000 Nigerians have fled to Chad, Niger and Cameroon in the past two weeks after their towns and villages were attacked by Islamist sect, according to the United Nations and government figures. The influx of refugees has put further strain on some of the poorest nations in Africa, which are already struggling to feed and protect their own people in a region that is recovering from drought
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A man carries relief materials distributed by the Red Cross in Kano at a relief camp for people fleeing the Boko Haram violence, in Dawaki, a local government area in Kano, December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer.
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