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Home Away: A Special Report on the Victims of Boko Haram Attacks [Download]

By Ajibola Amzat
07 October 2015   |   10:48 pm
BORNO STATE in the northeastern part of Nigeria has been the hotbed of insurgency in the last six years. Boko Haram, a militia group that desires to impose its own brand of Islamist rule in the region, has killed thousands of civilians and security agents. According to Amnesty International, not fewer than 17,000 people, mostly…

3BORNO STATE in the northeastern part of Nigeria has been the hotbed of insurgency in the last six years. Boko Haram, a militia group that desires to impose its own brand of Islamist rule in the region, has killed thousands of civilians and security agents.

According to Amnesty International, not fewer than 17,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed since 2009, when the group first launched a campaign to establish caliphate in the Northeast. And at least 2,000 women and girls have been abducted since the start of 2014.

As casualty number increases especially in Borno towns and villages, residents seek refuge in camps established for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the state capital. The official report by the state government puts the figure of IDPs in Borno alone at 1.5 million, the highest in the region.

This report captures the experiences of the IDPs at the camps, and warns that the adversity faced by the displaced people of the region presents future danger even greater than the terror of Boko Haram insurgency.

Download the full report here: Home Away

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