Showing posts with label OCHA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OCHA. Show all posts

Thursday 8 February 2018

Boko Haram: 8.5 Million People Need Live-saving Support in Northeast Nigeria – UN

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says over 8.5 million persons need life-saving support due to humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East Nigeria.

Wednesday 17 May 2017

Boko Haram Fighters Rearming, Returning To Sambisa Forest - Report

Members of a faction of Boko Haram are regrouping, re-arming and returning to the Sambisa Forest area, a report by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned.

Wednesday 26 October 2016

Nigeria Faces Worst Humanitarian Crisis on The African Continent,” Warns Senior UN Relief Official

IDPs In Nigeria
26 October 2016 – With nearly 400,000 children facing starvation in Nigeria, and citizens suffering with little to no protection, security, food or access to clean water, “Nigeria is facing the worst humanitarian crisis on the African continent,” Peter Lundberg, the acting United Nations Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator, warned today.

Saturday 21 March 2015

Boko Haram: UN Officials Forecast Regional Humanitarian Crisis

Top United Nations officials yesterday said that the immense suffering in Nigeria as a result of persistent attacks from the Boko Haram sect could lead to a serious regional humanitarian crisis.