Mounting attacks by Nigeria’s ferocious Boko Haram Islamists
have sent more than 2.1 million people fleeing their homes in northeast
Nigeria, the International Organization for Migration said yesterday.
have sent more than 2.1 million people fleeing their homes in northeast
Nigeria, the International Organization for Migration said yesterday.
Revising sharply upwards its previous estimate of 1.5
million, the Geneva-based IOM agency attributed the increase to a very recent
spike in Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency.
million, the Geneva-based IOM agency attributed the increase to a very recent
spike in Boko Haram’s six-year insurgency.
But the state-run National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) said other factors were at play, such as unrelenting communal strife and
the return of Nigerians who had previously fled the country.
(NEMA) said other factors were at play, such as unrelenting communal strife and
the return of Nigerians who had previously fled the country.
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