At least 33 children have died in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Bama, Borno state, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a non-governmental organisation, has said. In a report released Friday, the organisation said a critical humanitarian situation is unfolding in the camp which has seen an influx of “more than 10,000 IDPs” in August […]
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At least 14 people sustained burns in a fresh outbreak of fires at a camp housing tens of thousands of people displaced by Boko Haram jihadists in northeast Nigeria, according to an aid agency. The outbreak comes just two weeks after a blaze at the camp, located at Rann, about 175 kilometres (108 miles) east […]
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Boko Haram insurgents on Friday attacked an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Gamboru Ngala local government area of Borno state, killing seven persons in the process. Reports have it that the insurgents stormed the camp in two Hilux trucks at about 11pm. Bamus Garba, an eyewitness, said the insurgents attacked the camp from the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep regret over the accidental bombing of humanitarian workers and civilians in the internally displaced persons camp in Rann, Borno state, which resulted in the death of 52 persons, with over 120 injured. He expressed regret at the tragedy, saying the federal government would lend a hand to the Borno […]
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), otherwise known as Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian non-governmental organisation best known for its life-saving projects in war-torn regions, says 52 people were killed and at least 120 people were wounded when a Nigerian Air force jet mistakenly bombed an internally displaced persons camp in Rann, Borno State, on Tuesday. […]
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There is pandemonium at Rann IDP camp in Borno State, as several people are feared dead after a military plane mistakenly dropped a bomb inside the camp. The Rann IDP camp in Kala-balge Local Government Area caters for thousands of persons displaced by Boko Haram. According to sources, at least hundred people were injured and […]
Continue ReadingAt 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe Borno Government announced on Thursday that it had abolished the Committee for the Feeding of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this followed a protest by some displaced persons over poor feeding. The Deputy Governor of the state, Alhaji Mamman Durkwa, told newsmen in Maiduguri […]
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