8 killed as five suicide bombers hit unauthorised IDP camps

The Police Borno, on Wednesday confirmed the death of some individuals in multiple suicide attacks on three “unauthorized” internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in the Muna area of Maiduguri, Borno state capital. Damian Chukwu, commissioner of police, said the first attack was at a camp sheltering displaced persons mainly from Gulumba community in Bama local government […]

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5,000 Borno IDPs living with HIV/AIDS

At least 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in 27 camps in embattled Borno state in northeast Nigeria are currently living with HIV/AIDS. Mr Hassan Mustapha, the Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, said on Thursday that most of the patients were women who were rescued from captivity in Boko Haram camps. The coordinator, however, said that […]

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