The United Nations has said that more than 10 million people who have fallen victim to Boko Haram attacks are in dire need of aid in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Boko Haram since 2009 has been launching series of attacks in these countries displacing millions and killing thousands.
The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller has said that “Persistent insecurity and Boko Haram operations mean that more than 10 million people in four countries – Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria – will need aid assistance this year just to survive”.
Mueller who was speaking at the end of her visit to Chad said 4.4 million people alone in Chad need help, including refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons, as well as the communities hosting them.
Meanwhile the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has also said the closure of Chad’s border with Nigeria, has had an impact on local populations.
“The activities of the extremist group Boko Haram, as well as violence in Sudan and the Central African Republic, have affected 500,000 people there, including 137,000 people the UN has deemed particularly vulnerable.
“During my visit to displacement sites, I saw the difficult living conditions and lack of means displaced communities face, Mueller added.
Source: Africafeeds.com
